Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Santa Fe Freight Near Victorville - Mystery Loads
mopacfirst
That's the most plausible explanation I've heard so far.
Comparing the load to the flatcar says these things are about 4', maybe 4'-6" max, in diameter. That's a reasonable size for water piping. Two to a car longitudinally says they're 20' long more or less, which was and is a common length for joints of pipe. I found a 1942 catalog of wood pipe which claimed extensive use, even at that date. The war probably boosted its use a bit. http://www.waterworkshistory.us/tech/Pipe/1942WoodPipe.pdf Not incidentally, they also built water tanks, which if I recall correctly had some use on railroads when they used those external combustion locomotives. I also ran across this photo -- http://www.waterworkshistory.us/tech/Pipe/1942WoodPipe.pdf Ron Merrick, piping engineer
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