BAWX 100 - 105

BAWX 100 - 105

formerly SSW 82010 - 82011

Description:

This series of four flat car are owned by Babcock and Wilcox. These cars are still in service. The last two cars (104 & 105) were acquired from SP and were originally numbered SSW 82010 & 82011.(

Specifications:

Capacity	lbs.
Light Weight	160,000 lbs.
Load Limit	600,000 lbs.
Number of axles (33" wheels)	12
Load Platform Length	35' 11"
Car Length	60' 6"
Maximum Vertical Load Shifting ability	None
Maximum Horizontal Load Shifting ability	None

Photos:

The following photos were taken by Chris van der Heide in Guelph, ON. January 6, 2004. These photos are used with Chris' permission. Chris has a great website of freight car photo taken in Canada.

The following 3 photos were sent to me by Dan Mackey. These scans are from slides that he took in the Duluth MN. area, during the winter of 2000 & 2001. These large vessels are for the Athabasca Oil Sands Project.

These cars were on a special train of only flatcars out of Duluth. For more photos of other flatcars, and to see these vessels being unloaded, click here

The photos below were posted to alt.binaries.pictures.rail by Brian Switzer. These photos were taken during July 2000 in CN/GEXR yard in Guelph, Ontario. They are post here with Brian's permission.

The following five pictures were found on alt.binaries.pictures.rail in July of 1996, I did not keep the posters name and info. The five hoppers between the load and the engine are empty. This is used to spread out the weight, because there is a bridge along the way that can not take the weight of the engine and the load coupled together.

The following picture, from my collection, is posted here with the permission of Jerry Sires. It shows cars 100 and 103 with a large load.

SP originally had four cars in this class of heavy duty flat cars (82010 - 82013) The first two were been acquired by Babcox and Wilcox and numbered 104 and 105. The second two were acquired by Coe Rail (CRLE 82012 - 82013).

The following photos were posted to A.B.P.R. by Brian Ehni. The first photo was taken in Houston, TX during February 1974.

The following shot is from my collection. It is an earlier photo with SSW reporting marks. The photo was extracted from a Southern Pacific flat car brochure.

Photos and articles in print:

Publication	Issue	Page	Comments
NMRA Bulletin	2/00	32	Article and six photos of a steam generator load.

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