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Re: Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged?

J. Stephen Sandifer wrote: "In the early 50s it was not unusual for a box car of appliances to stop at 2-3 locations to unload part of its load." What keeps a dealer from from taking more items

By lokisgodhi <aconite@...> · #10053 ·

Re: Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged?

If you decide to model a partly unloaded flatcar, consider the following when building the model. Tractors were loaded in pairs, each wired to one another, so I would model a 50ft with two tractors

By ian clasper <ian@...> · #10052 ·

Re: Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged?

In the early 50s it was not unusual for a box car of appliances to stop at 2-3 locations to unload part of its load. Tractors could be the same way. There may have been 8-10 when it left the plant,

By J. Stephen Sandifer <jssand@...> · #10051 ·

Re: Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged?

lawrence Jackman wrote: Not necessarily or so I would think - the shipper could always pay the minimum carload rate if the total dollars were less than what it would be for LCL. If the minimum weight

By tim gilbert <tgilbert@...> · #10050 ·

Re: Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged?

Then you would be foolish to ship four tractors when you can ship 10 for the same rate. I have seen many box car loads of home appliances move on the carload but the rate is paid to the final town and

By lawrence Jackman <ljack70117@...> · #10049 ·

Re: Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged?

Then in that case the distributor would have to ship LCL. If he was not shipping a carload which the manufacture shipped to him, He is stuck with LCL. Will be down here this Friday, Saturday or

By lawrence Jackman <ljack70117@...> · #10048 ·

Re: Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged?

Larry Jackman notes: I dunno about grain...or even one tractor...although there is a shot in a Pentrex Big Boy tape clearly showing one piece of farm equipment on one flat car and, of course, we have

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #10046 ·

Re: Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged?

You can be asured that the rate will be high enough that you will not want to ship one tractor. So if I want to ship a carload of wheat, can I ship one grain in the car? Thank you Lawrence.

By lawrence Jackman <ljack70117@...> · #10045 ·

Re: Farmalls and Mix'd freights

Looking at that flatcar, I would say that it had a full load as all the visible tractors are loaded to the side suggesting that there are more than the three visible tractors. As a side note, I

By ian clasper <ian@...> · #10044 ·

Re: Farmalls and Mix'd freights

I think there would be a restriction on how few tractors you can put on a flat car. The RR is not going haul a half empty car. They will put a minimum to to keep revenues up. Like hauling wheat. The

By lawrence Jackman <ljack70117@...> · #10041 ·

Re: Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged?

basis for shipment, and if rate? Or was ====================== It depends on the tariff, if its a carload rate then one tractor or 6 tractors is carload. If its a rate per pound or item then

By dehusman <dehusman@...> · #10043 ·

Re: Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged?

Mike and all, Being in the Transloading Business in today's world I have to say I will ship anything that you want me to in your car as long as it doesn't go over gross to the car. The rate will be

By Greg Martin · #10047 ·

Re: Farmalls and Mix'd freights

I looking at an article from 2-95 RMC p.92. It's by Robert Smaus, it's a how to for making UP 53'6" flats. He has four John Deere's crosswise and shows a sketch for crosswise loading from the 1947 AAR

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #10040 ·

Re: Farmalls and Mix'd freights

Greg Martin writes: and Railroads. Greg, good info. Let us know of other shots. I have completed putting 4 Athearn tractors on an F-50-11 52 ft flat car...cables and all. The issue of how many

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #10039 ·

Tractors per Flatcar & Rates Charged?

I agree with Mike's point on this but it raises the question of the basis for the charges. If the car was full was it considered a bulk shipment, and if not were they considered LCL and subject to

By CBarkan@... · #10042 ·

Re: SHS rebuilds

Ben, You have some good points, but if you've never been an S scaler, you just wouldn't understand the logic we sometimes subscribe to. Like the one Harley Davidson ad states: "if I have to explain,

By BlackDiamondRR@... · #10038 ·

Farmalls and Mix'd freights

Hey Yuze Guys, I have been doing a little photo research on Farmalls and mix'd freights and I found a shot in (the Late) Don Ball Jr's book America's Colorful Railroads. Here is what I have found

By Greg Martin · #10037 ·

S: AM quad as H21

George Courtney asked on the S-scale list: George, I purchased a undec AM quad to explore the possibility of the same conversion you are contemplating, or alternately, to a PRR H25. For resources, I

By Earl Tuson · #10036 ·

Re: SHS rebuilds

Bud Rindfleisch wrote: "Hello, I am one of those S scalers on this list and feel I have to mention that although S Helper service is guilty of making an improper "rebuilt" boxcar, the majority of

By Benjamin Frank Hom <b.hom@...> · #10035 ·

Re: SHS rebuilds

Hello, I am one of those S scalers on this list and feel I have to mention that although S Helper service is guilty of making an improper "rebuilt" boxcar, the majority of their models are better

By BlackDiamondRR@... · #10034 ·

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