page_title: Flatcar
section_title: Specialized types
hierarchical_section_title: Flatcar / Specialized types
caption_attribution_description: Boeing 737NG fuselages on train flatcars, being shipped to the Boeing factory at Renton, Washington. Fuselage No. 3473 in the foreground became Boeing 737-800 MSN 35837, first flight November 8, 2010 and delivered to GOL Linhas Aéreas of Brazil on November 22, 2010 as 737-8EH registration PR-GUE.
context_page_description: A flatcar is a piece of railroad or railway rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks or bogies, one at each end containing four or six wheels. Occasionally, flat cars designed to carry extra heavy or extra large loads are mounted on a pair of bogies under each end. The deck of the car can be wood or steel, and the sides of the deck can include pockets for stakes or tie-down points to secure loads. Flatcars designed for carrying machinery have sliding chain assemblies recessed in the deck.
  Flatcars are used for loads that are too large or cumbersome to load in enclosed cars such as boxcars. They are also often used to transport intermodal containers or trailers as part of intermodal freight transport shipping.
caption: Boeing 737NG fuselage being transported by rail.
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