| Fordyce & Princeton 4655 is a former Rock Island pulpwood car which the F&P acquired when it bought the 57-mile line between Fordyce and Crossett from the Rock's estate in 1981. The car is hauling bundles of plywood "cores" from the Georgia Pacific plywood plant at Fordyce to their stud mill at Crossett. Each core is about 4-5/8 inches in diameter, and is what is left over after the veneer is peeled off of a log to make plywood. At the stud mill, each core is made into two 2x4 studs, and whatever is left is made into chips for the paper mill. GP modified these cars with short lengths of rail mounted crosswise to form shallow vees which supported the core bundles. (Information from Russell Tedder, former president of Georgia Pacific railroads.) |
| Date:
9/25/1982 |
Location:
Fordyce, AR Map  |
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1027 |
Collection Of:
 
Michael Palmieri |
| Rolling Stock: |
Author: Paul H. Oliver. Jr. Photo
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| Picture Categories: RollingStock |
This picture is part of album: PAUL H. OLIVER, JR. |