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Beginners Ask Trains How lumber is shipped on the railroads

How lumber is shipped on the railroads

By Steven Otte, Associate Editor | January 12, 2022

While most lumber used to be shipped in boxcars, these days it’s wrapped and carried on centerbeam flatcars

A centerbeam flatcar loaded with white-wrapped bundles of lumber sits in a train

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