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Apparently there's such a thing. A cut of three on 347, surrounded by 105 center-beams and 15 other cars.
Before today I thought only narrow gauge lines still had these. Note the faded out # (the other two were BCOL 10359 & 10426?) and red color on the inside of the forks. Tree bark...
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Typical red CP Rail bulkhead loaded with ???. This load likely arrived on 542 from Regina, he was then switched into the lumber yard which is used as a team track. They get this sort of odd loads all the time, sometimes in pack of 10 cars, just two cars this time though. Note the safety stripes.
Now here's a piece of history in action!
Back when CBNS first came to be they decided to use their own bulkhead pulpwood cars and eventually had a roster of about 20. Not sure of their origins, but they were in service between 1997 and 2002, before being replaced in favor of the more standard...
This is how bulkhead cars are loaded in Antigonish, NS. A truck drives by and unloads its cargo.
Here's another view of it: http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=38134&cat=500&perpage=18&ppuser=3391