[quote name='Cyber' post='215767' date='May 22 2008, 02:34 ']![[Image: Brach145.jpg]](http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f378/cyberdomlady/Around%20Chicagoland/Trains/Brach145.jpg)
Anyone have any clue what this thing is strapped to the flatbed car?[/quote]
That is the side frame for a power shovel (most likely a P & H) used in open pit mining. Where was this shot taken? I might be able to tell you where it's headed or where it came from.
![[Image: Brach145.jpg]](http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f378/cyberdomlady/Around%20Chicagoland/Trains/Brach145.jpg)
Anyone have any clue what this thing is strapped to the flatbed car?[/quote]
That is the side frame for a power shovel (most likely a P & H) used in open pit mining. Where was this shot taken? I might be able to tell you where it's headed or where it came from.