Re: Bridge girder on three PRR FM flat cars
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Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
Hi Brian and List Members,
Thanks Brian for calling our attention to
this.
I find it interesting that the bridge girder is NOT
mounted on the exact center of the trio of PRR class FM flat cars, and the
bridge girder is instead somewhat closer to the camera. This does two
things that I find somewhat puzzling...
(1) It imbalances the load on the trucks on the two
flats at the ends - for each of these two cars, one truck will be carrying more
load than the other truck
(2) It required the brake wheel on the flat
closest to the camera to be removed. Had the load been placed so it was in the
center, that car maybe could have kept its brake wheel in place, as is the case
on the flat furthest from the camera. Note there is a removed
brakewheel mounted to the deck of the flat closest to the camera, and
another removed brakewheel mounted on the deck of the flat furthest from the
camera - presumably this last one came off the midle flat car
Any thoughts on this?
Claus Schlund
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