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Flatcar, Bulkhead Pulpwood

Vehicle - Rail - Rolling Stock (Freight) - Bulkhead Pulpwood
SIECO 50
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NameFlatcar, Bulkhead Pulpwood
RegionNorth America
CategoryRail
TypeRolling Stock (Freight)
SubTypeFlatcar
VarietyBulkhead Pulpwood
ManufacturerVarious (Details)
EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)



History: Pulpwood is not a specific type of wood, but actually tree limbs that are cut to a specified length, then turned into wood pulp and used in the paper industry. Early paper making had the trees near the paper plant. As timber resources were diminished, the need for transporting pulpwood began to rise. Railroads were seen as an efficient method of transporting pulpwood. Pulpwood in the Southeast and Northeast is generally cut into four-foot or less lengths and loaded onto "V-deck" bulkhead flat cars.
In the early 1950s General Steel Castings, produced a "V-deck" design.
Another notable manufacturer of pulpwood flat cars was the Southern Iron & Equipment Company (SIECO) that manufactured this type of car in the 1960s and 1970s, with over 800 delivered in the early 1979’s to the Southern Railway, alone.
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Item Links: We found: 2 different collections associated with Rail - Rolling Stock (Freight) - Bulkhead Pulpwood
Item created by: gdm on 2018-04-14 09:36:33. Last edited by Alain LM on 2019-02-17 05:06:22

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