GR translation: past empty triple flats and tank cars

[Mike Jing]

OK, I figure it must an extra-long flat car, maybe three time the length of
a regular one.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 7:00 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V593.5-8   Sounds of carousing reach them as they trudge along the tracks,
> past empty triple flats and tank cars. “Alcohol dump.”
>        “Fuel for their Nazi rockets, I’m told. If they ever get one in
> working order.”
>
> What kind of flatcar is a "triple flat"?
>
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