A Flat Rail Car 92 ft or Longer?

Hi Community --

I was just wondering if a flat rail car comes in longer then a 92ft -- And if so, how much longer can a Flat rail car could be?





Thanks in advance for any replies!
Ish

The only thing I can think of would be special load flat cars like depressed center cars or cars to carry shipping containers. Some of them get pretty long. At some point I would think that the standard design would hit a weight limit of how much could be carried on the center beams without buckling.

Hi Ish

I found this article onlne and folks were discussing flatcar limits maybe of some insight to you.

What is the longest rail car anyone has ever seen - Trains Magazine - Trains News Wire, Railroad News, Railroad Industry News, Web Cams, and Forms

Limit is overhang on curved track.

wreeder said:

The only thing I can think of would be special load flat cars like depressed center cars or cars to carry shipping containers. Some of them get pretty long. At some point I would think that the standard design would hit a weight limit of how much could be carried on the center beams without buckling.

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whitepass said:

Limit is overhang on curved track.

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Hello Guys

Thank you for your input -- You have given him some clarity on how to proceed in creating a new rolling stocking!

Take care
Ish

butler57 said:

Hi Ish

I found this article onlne and folks were discussing flatcar limits maybe of some insight to you.

What is the longest rail car anyone has ever seen - Trains Magazine - Trains News Wire, Railroad News, Railroad Industry News, Web Cams, and Forms

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Hello Butler

Thanks a bunch for the link, sir -- i got an idea on how to create a flat rail car to carry a long row of steel beams! Yeah, slowly getting back into 3d max! --- this will be a new car!


Take care
Ish

Ah, nice to have you creating again. It looks like 89' center beam flats are often used to carry 90' sections of pipe. It is also stacked high on lines that have the vertical clearance.

Some images:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?...EB4181D&selectedIndex=5&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0

William

PS: This is the biggest load I found. 180' using pivot points on a couple of depressed center flats and over hanging other normal flats.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?...UQ6qBYw9QtKWbzolGISfAHaEU&vt=0&sim=11&iss=VSI

wreeder said:

Ah, nice to have you creating again. It looks like 89' center beam flats are often used to carry 90' sections of pipe. It is also stacked high on lines that have the vertical clearance.

Some images:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?...EB4181D&selectedIndex=5&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0

William

PS: This is the biggest load I found. 180' using pivot points on a couple of depressed center flats and over hanging other normal flats.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?...UQ6qBYw9QtKWbzolGISfAHaEU&vt=0&sim=11&iss=VSI

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Hello William,

Thank you, sir, for the links/pictures -- it's very helpful, and the info you have provided have given me a few ideas, since there's a few long and big rockets that extend over 100ft as well as some steel beams, and pipping's that I like to place on flat cars as static and product versions alike!

Yes, sir, i took 2 years off to handle my health issues, and in that time, I lost my motivation for trainz, but nevertheless, I'm back and my creative juices are pumping. If you visit my Marsz blog by clicking my banner below you will see all of the new and redefine contents that I have done in the last weeks, since i don't advertise in the forum, but instead use my Marsz blog for everything! Nonetheless, thank you again William for your post, it's very helpful, indeed, sir!

Take care now!
Ish