Re: [CBQ] 94000-series Flatcars

["Leo Phillipp via groups.io" <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>]

I worked the Earlville Turn wayfreight spring and summer of ‘74 which switched CAT at Montgomery,IL. These cars were not used there at that time. We put 24-25 empty flat cars a night into tracks 12 & 13 each and every night after pulling a like number of loads. Each track held 13 “common” flats(40-52 foot length wood floored cars w/o chains). If we put just one of the trailer train HTTX chain equipped flats into the mix the tracks held only 12 cars each.

These series of cars were simply too long and would likely have reduced the tracks to 11 cars each.

I saw many of the 93000 series Q flats at Cicero with implement loads out of IH and JD with things like hay rakes, mixing mills, etc and other lighter implements on them. The light chains on those cars couldn’t handle the weight of the heavy equipment out of CAT. My memory is that if a 93000 series went into the shipping floor at Montgomery it came out as a standard wood blocked load. 

You cannot understand the sheer mass and weight put on the chains until you stand next to a flat car loaded with CAT machines and watch the stress and bouncing around of even a very slow speed coupling. Not even to mention one made at a little speed.

Leo Phillipp

On Dec 24, 2023, at 6:58 PM, James Sandrin <sandmantrains@gmail.com> wrote:

On Dec 24, 2023, at 6:58 PM, James Sandrin <sandmantrains@gmail.com> wrote:



According to the 1969 Equipment distribution manual, most of the series was assigned to the agent at Galesburg for assignment as needed. A second large group was assigned to the agent at Peoria. A third smaller group was specifically assigned to John Deere at East Peoria, Illinois, with a few random cars going to specific customers, but none assigned to Caterpillar at that time.  Jim Sandrin 

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