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T. P. Bruss's Collection
 
5/22/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Wisconsin Central
Type: Pulpwood Car
AAR Class: LP: Open-Top car having solid bottom and fixed ends equipped with sloping floor or longitudinal floor risers or sidestakes for the handling of pulpwood and not suitable for general commodity loading.
AAR Type: L027
Detail Info:   Special Type Cars, Inside Length: 49ft 8in - 59ft 8in
Plate:   C
Max Gross Weight:   440000
Load Limit:   308200
Ext L/W/H:   120' 4" / 9' 4" / 14' 6"
Int L/W/H:   55' 1" / 9' 4" / 0' 0"
User Notes:   WC-made 120’ articulated pulpwood cars, connected by a permanent drawbar, with a load limit of 308,000 lbs.

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WC 35237 'Megalog Hauler'
Title:  WC 35237 'Megalog Hauler'
Description:  CN local crosses S. Story St. and approaches the former S. Pierce Ave./W. 8th St. grade crossing as it heads southwest via former C&NW rails at Appleton, WI on 31 May '14. Train was heading from Stevens Point to Green Bay and had two locomotives, CN 2176 pulling and GTW 5856 pushing. For nearly a century this train would have been hidden behind the historic Pierce Manufacturing plant that occupied this city block from 1917 until it was razed ca. 2010-12.
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 6/7/2014 1:47:49 AM
Location:  Appleton, WI
Author:  T. P. Bruss
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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