| Penn Central class F42 depressed center flat car 766135 was on the Southern Railway at Slidell, Louisiana carrying a set of three Westinghouse oil circuit breakers (OCB's) for a substation, possibly 138 KV by the size. What is unusual is the large ceramic bushings are attached instead of crated separately. The car rode on 50-ton trucks, so it only had a CAPY of 100,000 pounds and a LD LMT of 101,800 with a LT WT of 75,200 for a gross rail load of 177,000 pounds. This was one of 20 F42 cars built by the Pennsylvania Railroad at its SAMUEL REA CAR SHOPS in 1958 as PRR 470251-470270, and they were renumbered PC 766120-766139. (approximate date of photo) |