CSAO Port Reading Yard (ex-Reading RR) - spacer / idler car: NYC 901011CSAO Port Reading Yard (ex-Reading RR)
Port Reading, NJ
22 October 2010
Here's unique piece of equipment.. It's a spacer or idler car for spotting tankcars (and other cars if necessary) in refineries.
Apparently it was once a flatcar, but the steel deck was removeds and expanded steel honeycomb catwalk was welded in it's place, allowing for safe walking from either end.
Minolta Maxxum 9
Minolta 28-70mm f2.8
Fuji Superia 400
Photographed by Philip M. Goldstein, October 22, 2010.
Added to the photo archive by Philip M. Goldstein, October 25, 2010.
Railroad: Conrail Shared Assets Operations.
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