This 61’ 8” bulkhead flat car w/load is painted brown with white herald and lettering. It was built in November 1972 by the Thrall Car Company of Chicago Heights, IL, and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Bulkhead flat cars were very popular for carrying lumber and other wood products. Southern Railway came into existence in 1894 through the combination of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, the Richmond and Danville system and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad.