Description
Built in 1954 by the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio, this depressed center flat car with Commonwealth 6-wheel freight trucks made it to the Illinois Central Gulf roster and was used to transport bulky and heavy industrial loads, such as large dimensional loads, electrical transformers, and construction equipment, with the depressed center allowing for a few feet of additional vertical clearance. Illinois Central Gulf was formed after the merger of Gulf, Mobile & Ohio and the Illinois Central in 1972. Eventually, Canadian National purchased the railroad in 1998.
