GPL 10

Train GPL10, the local to the paper mill in Dale City, prepares to depart...

Some of the boxcars are seen in this view.

A string of hi-cube boxcars sits in the yard as well.

Amid the boxcars are several kaolin tank cars and woodchip gondolas.

Gen-set 300 begins with the loaded woodchip cars; the heaviest of the bunch.

Then the boxcars are added.

Among the cars are these two Canadian cars for carrying newsprint.

As usual, the tank cars are last. This is for ease of switching at the mill; the tank cars will be going into a separate part of the mill beyond where the boxcars are dropped off. In fact, the whole train is blocked for the mill; the woodchip gons will be dropped off first, then the empty boxcars for loading, then the loaded boxcars for unloading, then finally the kaolin tank cars for unloading. The process is largely reversed for the cars returning back to Hillsdale, except that the empty tank cars are placed behind the loaded boxcars for better handling.