Unusual car

[storminorman]

The other day I was watching a train roll by when the very last car caught my eye. Of course there wasn't time to open the cell camera and snap...but it was a shorter car then any I've seen yet. From the end it appeared to be pretty darn near a triangle shape... with a mid sized square /rectangle box in the center. Any ideas just what this was? It didn't sit very tall either...sorta wonder if it was some sort of a test unit?

 

[kenw]

Possibly a scale test car.

 

[Damon Hill]

Probably a scale (weight) calibration car; they're usually at the end of a train when in transit.

 

[run8]

Sounds like a scale test car. Did it look something like this.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&expIds=17259,28049&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=scale+test+car&cp=8&qe=c2NhbGUgdGVz&qesig=-d9PlNDCgPSjoufRUghH0w&pkc=AFgZ2tk8ZzcvJtaRPwYPzW53hhp2g8U8C2byebqMKnVYcwF6TvE6gQqByFiqv7Q8qwShS3AthnUxLUnTVJMpsFhN_5m1K8FacA&newwindow=1&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=JRgQTYDFHIqosAOY3fnEAg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDwQsAQwAg&biw=1072&bih=527&tbm=isch#imgrc=http%3A%2F%2Ffc08.deviantart.net%2Ffs71%2Fi%2F2012%2F112%2F1%2F4%2Fscale_test_car_by_tomredlion-d4x95y4.jpg%3Bhttp%3A%2F%2Ftomredlion.deviantart.com%2Fart%2FScale-Test-Car-297719644%3BB8a6wVOLlOR7aM%3BF6qfstO9fJomPM%3A%3B104496114639957700315%3B900%3B675

Or any of these.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&expIds=17259,28049&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=scale+test+car&cp=8&qe=c2NhbGUgdGVz&qesig=-d9PlNDCgPSjoufRUghH0w&pkc=AFgZ2tk8ZzcvJtaRPwYPzW53hhp2g8U8C2byebqMKnVYcwF6TvE6gQqByFiqv7Q8qwShS3AthnUxLUnTVJMpsFhN_5m1K8FacA&newwindow=1&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=JRgQTYDFHIqosAOY3fnEAg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDwQsAQwAg&biw=1072&bih=527&tbm=isch

 

[728 Cable Donkey]

Like the others have stated it is more than likely a scale test car.

 

[storminorman]

We have a winner...scale test car it was....Thanks everyone....Soooo.....just what does a scale test car do anyways? I could Google it...but more fun to read what people here have to say on it.

 

[bcp]

Soooo.....just what does a scale test car do anyways?

A scale test car is a car that tests scales.

Bruce