Sunday, July 4, 2021

PASSING TRAINS PT 20; SND40

 Train SND40, the west bound Schneider intermodal, rolls through Hillsdale...

On this Fourth of July weekend, the America units are back!
The third unit, however, is a stranger -the Erie Lackawanna heritage unit.
1776 and 1876 lead 1960, and SND40. If three "years" of GE ES44AC's isn't enough, another Heritage unit, the Interstate unit, is in the yard -that makes four GE's in one picture! 
Another look at 1960, numbered for the year the Erie Lackawanna was formed.
Two unusual Schneider containers; the bottom one is a rare white container, while the top one is an ex-Marten container -only the sides were repainted, but not the roof!
Not all of the containers are Schneider boxes; here a Hub Group box rides the lower position in a rebuilt Gunderson 53' well car.
Another Gunderson well car, this time a three-unit MAXI IV car, carries a variety of containers -and graffiti.
Another MAXI IV car, recently repainted with the new red TTX logo. Note the two different shades of orange on the middle pair of containers; the bottom one is another ex-Marten container. Also, the repaint has the new logo; the company recently dropped the word "National" from its name, so now it's just "Schneider" on all of its equipment.

More SND40 next week.

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