Saturday, January 24, 2009

More Flatcar Information

I recieved this nice email from Ned Kronburg today to go along with the flatcar information. This probably isn't going to copy and paste very well either. Hopefully you can read it.
you might be interested in the possum belly inventory for the flat cars or the equipment we used for the run cars
2 long bars
4 sledge hammers
4 stop chocks short handled (left and right )
2 follow chocks (long handled (these were square ends and could be used as left or right)
4 crow bars (for removing chocks)
2 pull over ropes (long hook on one end and a short hook on the other) long hook attached to the wagon
1 pull up rope (this rope had a hook on both ends ) one fastened to the flat car the other to what ever was doing the pulling and the snatch block was attached to the wagon
1 snubbing rope ( this rope had a hook only at one end
1 snubbing post
1 snatch block for the pull up rope
2 racks
2 shovels

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