Posted by Chris Groeling on October 19, 2006
Great roster shot of the Schanbel car! |
Posted by xrayguy on October 19, 2006
Thanks Chris, I appreciate the comment. |
Posted by Dean Kaplan on October 20, 2006
i agree with chris, great shot xrayguy |
Posted by James Gamble on October 20, 2006
Not to be picky, but that's only half of a Schnabel car. Nice catch! The center bulkhead must have been in the shop or being readied for another run. |
Posted by W.J.Gardiner on October 20, 2006
Very interesting! Someone please explain what ...looks like some type of roadbed regulator..18 axles? Has to weigh astronomical! |
Posted by Tristan Garrett on October 20, 2006
Looks more like it just got there to me - talk about a clean car. ("Schnabel" might be my favorite word in the railfan language.) |
Posted by Alec Holmes on October 20, 2006
Rackin in the views! Great catch, congrats!
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Posted by xrayguy on October 20, 2006
You're right James, the other half is just to the left down that same set of tracks. There's also a couple of nice red cabooses that are part of the entire package. I never shot them as it was directly into the sun and getting to the other side would have placed us on private property. |
Posted by Joe Callahan on October 20, 2006
Pardon my ignorance, but what is a "Schanbel" car????? It is interesting. Thanks. |
Posted by xrayguy on October 20, 2006
The Schanbel car is designed to carry large very heavy loads. The weight is distributed by design across the many axels you see. As I mentioned earlier this is only 1/2 of the car. The last time that I know for sure this car was used was to carry a very large heavy piece of equipment that came off of a ship to an oil project in Canada. I have heard rumor that their is another such load coming this early winter. I know there are PICS here on RP of the last load. |
Posted by CJ on October 23, 2006
Neat picture of a rare car. For those who are looking for more info, there's a interesting and fairly complete article on wikipedia. |
Posted by Alex Simins on October 25, 2006
Great catch!!!! There are only a handful of Schnabel cars out there. CEBX800 is the largest one. It was used on the largest single cargo movement ever, a few years ago up into northern Alberta. One of my former cabooses was on that train. |
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