skeleton car Lumbering
See 1942 quote.
- 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.