Railroading Merit Badge Requirement 1c Study Guide Using models or pictures, identify 10 types of railroad freight or passenger cars. Explain the purpose of each type of car. There are a few basic types of freight cars, such as the , the car the , and the car, but each type of car has a few special variations of that type of car. There are also some more recent specialty types of cars. And don't forget the ! This page will also show you how to spot different types of . The pictures below are used here with permission of the photographers, to illustrate the various types of cars. If you click on most of the images, you'll get to see the full-size version. (Most of the 'big versions' will take you to the website with the original picture, and many of these off-site images are very large, and they may take a lot of time to load if you have a slow conection.) If you are interested in seeing more pictures of different types of cars and locomotives in the paint jobs of various railroads, please check out these websites; Please use the worksheet to make notes about the requirements that you are learning about to be signed off on the day of the Merit Badge Classes. Flatcars Flatcars were initially a simple platform, mounted on rail wheels, for moving freight. It was easy to load and unload, but it was also easy for freight to fall off during sudden stops and when taking curves at faster speeds. It was also easy for thieves to see (and steal) freight from the flatcars. They remain a versatile freight platform today, and continue to be adapted for special uses. Imagine the weight of this large tractor. Photo by . Trailer-on-Flatcar (TOFC) were flatcars designed to have a tractor trailer driven up a loading ramp onto
Railroading Merit Badge Requirement 1c Study Guide Using models or pictures, identify 10 types of railroad freight or passenger cars. Explain the purpose of each type of car. There are a few basic types of freight cars, such as the , the car the , and the car, but each type of car has a few special variations of that type of car. There are also some more recent specialty types of cars. And don't forget the ! This page will also show you how to spot different types of . The pictures below are used here with permission of the photographers, to illustrate the various types of cars. If you click on most of the images, you'll get to see the full-size version. (Most of the 'big versions' will take you to the website with the original picture, and many of these off-site images are very large, and they may take a lot of time to load if you have a slow conection.) If you are interested in seeing more pictures of different types of cars and locomotives in the paint jobs of various railroads, please check out these websites; Please use the worksheet to make notes about the requirements that you are learning about to be signed off on the day of the Merit Badge Classes. Flatcars Flatcars were initially a simple platform, mounted on rail wheels, for moving freight. It was easy to load and unload, but it was also easy for freight to fall off during sudden stops and when taking curves at faster speeds. It was also easy for thieves to see (and steal) freight from the flatcars. They remain a versatile freight platform today, and continue to be adapted for special uses. Imagine the weight of this large tractor. Photo by . Trailer-on-Flatcar (TOFC) were flatcars designed to have a tractor trailer driven up a loading ramp onto
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