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Flat Car

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Brakes and trucks have been applied to the 33' car.  The trucks were previously used on the logging disconnect cars, and had brake gear applied, but only two of the required 16 brake shoes (for four trucks) were available.  Machining the as-cast brake shoes to fit the brake shoe brackets was the third most time-consuming operation we performed.