Standard, no-frills flat cars are the oldest types of rail cars. These are just big, flat platform cars that can carry anything from pipe, rail, and steel beams to tractors and military vehicles.

Standard, no-frills flat cars are the oldest types of rail cars. These are just big, flat platform cars that can carry anything from pipe, rail, and steel beams to tractors and military vehicles.

Once they arrived on railroad property, the shop crew went to work ... Adding weight is a bit more challenging when it comes to flat cars, especially those with light loads or no loads at all. Since I ...