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Covered Hoppers:   AirslideTwo BayThree BayFour Bay Box Cars:   86'84'60'50' Single Door50' Double Door50' Insulated40' CaboosesLocomotives
Open Hoppers:   Two BayThree BayFour BaySix Bay Gondolas,   Woodchip GondolasCoil Steel Cars Flat CarsAuto Rack Cars
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Southern Railway Flat Cars

SOU 152097
SOU 152097
SOU 152097
Southern 152097 at Montgomery, VA on 10 March 2002. Note the special blocking for an odd-shaped load. UP 52038 was also equipped with the special blocking.

SOU 152167
SOU 152167 Southern 152167 at Radford, VA on 9 February 2002.

SOU 152187
SOU 152187 A wrecked Top Gon makes an interesting load for Southern 152187 at Ripplemead, VA on 16 May 1999.

TOFC Flat Cars

SOU 50169 with Schneider A99103
SOU 50169 SOU 50169 carrying 53' Schneider National trailer A99103 and 20 foot Hyundai container in Christiansburg, VA on 21 August 2004.

There are more photos of Schneider National trailers on the SNLZ Intermodal Trailers page.

SOU 50210 with REAZ 612932
SOU 50210 SOU 50210 carrying REAZ 612932 and a 20 foot Hanjon container in Christiansburg, VA on 21 December 2003.

There are more photos of REAZ trailers on the REAZ Intermodal Trailers page.

Bulkhead Flat Cars

SOU 114193
SOU 114193 SOU 114193 Class FS-43 bulkhead flat car Southern 114193 carrying a load of steel beams through Pembroke, VA and Bluefield, WV on 18 August 2002. Southern 114443 below and NW 97025 were helping carry the beams.

SOU 114443
SOU 114443
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Southern 114443 assisting Southern 114193 above, and NW 97025 with the load of steel beams at Bluefield, WV on 18 August 2002.

SOU 114715
SOU 114715
SOU 114715 SOU 114715
SOU 114715 in the RIP track at Roanoke, VA on 7 September 2002. Based on its build date of 12-61, it was probably waiting to be scrapped. Originally built as one of the Southern's unique Rollup Door Box Cars in the SOU 9800-9999 series, it was rebuilt in 1969 as a bulkhead flat.

SOU 140902
SOU 140902 SOU 140902 with a load of log poles at Singer, VA on 11 November 2001. This former pulpwood rack has had side stakes added to carry poles.

MoW Flat Cars

SOU 152052
SOU 152052 Southern 152052 was loaded with a generator to provide power to Southern 960000 at Bluefield, WV September 30, 2000.

SOU 920030 MW
SOU 920030
SOU 920030
. SOU 920030 Southern 920030 was in train 162 on 22 May 2004, photographed at Shawsville and Elliston, VA.

SOU 991022 MW
SOU 991022 Southern 991022 at Radford, VA late in the day on 20 October 2001. I'm not sure of the purpose of the contraption on it.

MoW Wheel Set Flat Cars

SOU 911236 MW
SOU 911236 Southern 911236 in a westbound freight at Montgomery, VA on May 27, 2000.

SOU 911246 MW
SOU 911246 SOU 911246 Southern 911246 in an eastbound freight at Glen Lyn and Ripplemead, VA on June 25, 2000.

MoW Ribbon Rail Flat Cars

SOU 992817 and SOU 992826
SOU 992817 SOU 992826 These two flat cars are specially equipped to carry ribbon rail. The ribbon rail train was westbound near Friendship Road crossing near Montgomery, VA on November 20, 2000.


Covered Hoppers:   AirslideTwo BayThree BayFour Bay Box Cars:   86'84'60'50' Single Door50' Double Door50' Insulated40' CaboosesLocomotives
Open Hoppers:   Two BayThree BayFour BaySix Bay Gondolas,   Woodchip GondolasCoil Steel Cars Flat CarsAuto Rack Cars
Southern Railway Index Contemporary Freight Cars Index Photo Index

Joe Shaw -- joeshaw@krunk.org
Last update: Monday, 19-Sep-2005 23:49:13 EDT