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1936

ELCO Logging Co. Ltd. Youbou, B.C. . . . Three Sides; Three High Leads; . 45 Skeleton Cars. . . .

1942

_{SKELETON CAR}. A railroad car made up of two sets of four wheels joined by a heavy timber across which the steel bunks are set to carry the logs. A car to serve the same purpose is made by simply setting bunks on the deck of a flat car, but the skeleton car is more common.