Even more ADM hoppers!
This interesting car was in the mix as well, with a 'tagged' AP hopper behind it.
Another hopper leased from GATX, and a CHTT-marked car. In the real world, the CHTT marks belong to the Union Pacific, but on my layout, they belong to the AP&W. They originally belonged to the Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer railroad, which was a subsidiary of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois. In 1967, the C&EI was split up between the Missouri Pacific (western half) and the Louisville & Nashville (eastern half). The CHTT went to the MoPac, and today the UP uses the marks on many of its leased freight cars (along with the CMO marks seen on the earlier UP cars in the train). Of course, in my 'revised history', the C&EI was bought by the Appalachian Railroad instead, and now the AP&W owns the reporting marks!
At the end of the train, are two BNSF hoppers, a relatively small number. Between the BNSF and it's two predecessors, the Burlington Northern (BN) and the Santa Fe (SF), one will often find at least a half-dozen cars -and sometimes half a train!
The E.O.T. (End Of Train device) flashes as the train heads westward to the Midwest. How many of these cars will come back east with loads of grain?
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