Flat Car. Standard, no-frills flat cars are the oldest types of rail cars. These are just big, flat platform cars that can carry anything from pipe, rail, and steel beams to tractors and military ...

A rail flat car that disappeared into the peat bog in 1871 has been located with the help of technology normally used to locate underground utilities. Posted October 4, 2018.

The direct impact of that rail car shortage to U.S.-based suppliers exceeded $350 million, ... The base is a standard flat car, which he estimates costs around $75,000 to make.