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bar or wood stick to tighten. Wood blocks were used as buffers where the wire might cut in or damage the paint. Check out the article “Trains and trac- tors,” in the February 2012 RMC. On the modern flat car loads, the tie-downs are called self locking ratch- et binders. They work similar to a turn buckle, only with two threaded shafts with hooks on the end that pull toward the center or release out depending on the action of the ratchet handle in the middle. I used them for decades on the trucking of flat freight and they have been around since at least the 1950’s in their present form. Take a look at the 1950’s piggyback article in the Novem- ber issue and you will see them in use. In regards to wheel chocks, unless there was an agreement in the tariff charged for the tractors, the car was to be returned to the railroad in the con- dition it was given, clean and ready for use. These things were shipped long distances, built in the east and most sold out west. This was before the time of much in the way of assigned equip-
PHOTO BY CLARK PROPST
ment. In the Dominion here the stan- dard 50-foot flat cars would go west with farm equipment and come east with lumber and poles.
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Another removeable flat car load I have to say that I was surprised when I got a package from Bill Schaumburg containing what ap- peared to be “faucet innards.” It was right after my article on removable flatcar loads appeared in print (Decem- ber, 2012, RMC). I knew just what to do with them. I gave them to my friend, Bob Gretillat, as a challenge. A few days later he brought the fin- ished product over to my house, where we photographed it on the layout. CLARK PROPST
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The following note is from Bob. These indeed were “faucet innards,” the valve sleeves from replacement faucet stems. I finally got around to fixing a leaky
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