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Pulpwood
is not a specific type of wood, but actually tree limbs that are
cut to a specified length, then turned into wood pulp and used
in the paper industry. Early paper making had the trees near the
paper plant. As timber resources were diminished, the need for
transporting pulpwood began to rise. Railroads were seen as an
efficient method of transporting pulpwood. Pulpwood in the Southeast
and Northeast is generally cut into four-foot or less lengths
and loaded onto "V-deck" bulkhead flat cars. The Atlas
pulpwood flat is a reproduction of an early 1950s General Steel
Castings "V-deck" design.
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