What Type Cars?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I often see this type car…
http://www.pbase.com/jarrell/image/33965681
on a siding near a Lays potato chip plant near my home in central Georgia, U.S. This particular group was roughly one mile long. What type cars are they are what are they mostly used for?
Jarrell

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Those are autoracks. They carry finished autmobiles to unloading ramps where they are put on trucks then off to your local dealer. walthers makes a great model of these
Andrew

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Ok, thanks Andrew…
Somebody’s getting a lot of cars!
Jarrell

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We see alot of those around here as Auto carriers come into Halifax from Europe offload the cars at Shearwater and then onto trains. We see UP , NS, CP, CN etc.