Atlas HO Scale 42' Pulpwood Flatcar with Load Seaboard Coast Line SCL 110288 Spur Gear - Mod 0.5 42″ (36 mm)

42″ (36 mm)

Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale upper and lower shelf knuckle couplers

Bowser 43043 HO Scale H22 Open Hopper Pennsylvania PRR 407262

weighing as much as 30 tons

Atlas HO Scale 42' Pulpwood Flatcar with Load Seaboard Coast Line SCL 110288 Spur Gear - Mod 0.5 42″ (36 mm)Atlas HO Scale 42' Pulpwood Flatcar with Load Seaboard Coast Line SCL 110288 Pulpwood is not a specific type of wood, but actually tree limbs that are cut to a specified length, then turned into wood pulp and used in the paper industry. Early paper making had the trees near the paper plant. As timber resources were diminished, the need for transporting pulpwood began to rise. Railroads were seen as an efficient method of transporting pulpwood.