PASSING TRAINS PT 47; KCN87RIX PT 5

 The conclusion of KCN87RIX...

The second half of KCN87RIX is spine cars, most with trailers, as seen here.

J.B. Hunt and Alliance Shippers have both refrigerated containers and trailers in the train.

Wheels Clipper and an older Swift trailer.

Martin and FFE, with another Alliance Shippers reefer.

A look at the Alliance Shippers and FFE reefers.

KLLM reefer trailers round the curve out of town.

Martin also has both refrigerated containers and trailers in this train.

The EOT flashes as KCN87RIX leaves town. For now, it's aimed at perishable traffic, but don't be surprised if it winds up with priority dry goods as well! With a 25-hour transit time between K.C. and N.Y.C., this train will attract a lot of attention from shippers!

PASSING TRAINS PT 47; KCN87RIX PT V4

 A new intermodal train, KCN87RIX (from Kansas City to New York City), is passing through Hillsdale...

Alliance Shippers and KLLM/FFE reefer boxes round the curve out of town.

A mid-train DPU (Distributed Power Unit), ET44AC 536, assists the long, heavy train.

The balance of the train is mostly trailers on spine cars.

A pair of FFE trailers bracket a Swift Veteran's -painted reefer.

Another KLLM/FFE reefer box and another pair of Alliance Shippers reefer boxes as well.

J. B. Hunt and KLLM trailers.

Martin Transport is also in the mix.

The final cars of KCN87RIX next week.

PASSING TRAINS PT 47; KCN87RIX PT 3

 KCN87RIX, a new priority intermodal freight, is passing through Hillsdale...

The train of reefer containers continues, with more C.R. England boxes and a Tiger Cool Express box.

The containers of C.R. England, Tiger Cool Express, White Arrow, and NFI "Roadrail" are in this shot.

A mix of Alliance Shippers, another White Arrow, and Tiger Cool.

More Alliance Shippers, along with an Axsun reefer box.

More Alliance Shippers with containers marking the merger of FFE and KLLM following.

Another Tiger Cool, another NFI, and more FFE/KLLM.

More FFE/KLLM, with another J.B. Hunt reefer. And a mid-train DPU -this is a long, heavy train!

And it continues next week.

PASSING TRAINS PT 47; KCN87RIX PT 2

 A new intermodal train, KCN87RIX, is rolling through Hillsdale...

ET44AC 549 leads the way.

Followed by GECX ET44AC 2042.

With ex-Santa Fe 660 trailing. The appearance of this Dash 9-44CW tells its age versus the 20 years-younger ET44's!

Meanwhile, the parade of J.B. Hunt reefer boxes continue. These are brand new, with the new, larger logos.

Amongst the Hunt boxes, a NFI box.

An Axsun box is also in the mix, before the block of CR England reefers.

Along with plenty of J. B. Hunt, KCN87RIX also has a plenty of CR England as well!

And a lot more to come as well!

PASSING TRAINS PT47; KCN87RIX PT1

 The AP&W has inaugurated a new train...

A trio of engines lead train KCN87RIX east. The new train moves refrigerated intermodal between Kansas City and New York City.

AP&W ET44AC 549 leads the way, with GECX 2042 trailing.

Ex-Santa Fe 660 is also in the consist. KCN87RIX is a joint BNSF/AP&W train, launched to help expedite the growing volume of perishable intermodal traffic from west to east.

The first car is a 5-unit 40' well car, loaded with a mix of 40' and 53' reefer containers. The 53's are top mounted every other well.

Since this is a car with 40' wells, the longer containers have to be staggered. as seen here, to fit.

The rest of the well cars have 53' wells, so they can be double-stacked with 53' containers. J.B. Hunt and another Martin box dominate the head end of this train.

More Hunt.

J.B. Hunt, Tiger Cool Express, and Axsun are all in this shot.

More of this train next week!