| Posted by on October 19, 2006 | |
Great roster shot of the Schanbel car!
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| Posted by xrayguy on October 19, 2006 | |
Thanks Chris, I appreciate the comment.
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i agree with chris, great shot xrayguy
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| 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.
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Very interesting! Someone please explain what ...looks like some type of roadbed regulator..18 axles? Has to weigh astronomical!
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Looks more like it just got there to me - talk about a clean car. ("Schnabel" might be my favorite word in the railfan language.)
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| Posted by SDfourD 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.
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| Posted by Joe Callahan on October 20, 2006 | |
Pardon my ignorance, but what is a "Schanbel" car????? It is interesting. Thanks.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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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