48' Depressed Center Flat Car

Southern  349002

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General Steel Industries (GSI) offered one-piece cast-steel underframes in which the sill, body bolsters, cross bearers, draft pockets, couplers and carriers were combined into a single steel casting.

These underframes were popular for Depressed Center Flats because the design maximized load strength while minimizing vertical height of fabricated underframes.

Generally designed with a specialty commodity in mind, Depressed Center Flat Cars are unique.

In addition to the GSI cast steel designs, Depressed Center Flats were frequently fabricated by a railroad's home shop and familiar builders­ — such as Thrall, and were also built by a host of specialty builders, such as Maxson, Norca and Kasgro.

Given the rarity of all designs, ExactRail combined elements common to key prototypes to offer a Depressed Center Flat with both interesting and characteristic features.

Perhaps closest in design to the Conrail (ex-Erie Lackawanna) FE42A Class Depressed Flat, ExactRail's Depressed Center Flat is a good stand-in for similar TTX/QTTX, Southern and CNW cars.

With perforated GSI-style decks and intricately lettered car sides, ExactRail's 48' Depressed Center Flat will rotate melons just like the prototypes.

• Precision micro-tooled
• Kadee® No. 5® couplers
• Narrow-style draft box featuring shank wedges, striker casting and full nut and bolt detail
• ExactRail's exclusive ASF 100 Ton Ride Control Trucks
• CNC-machined metal wheel sets
• Razor sharp painting and printing
• Wire grab irons and GSI-style perforated deck

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