Sunday, January 21, 2024

PASSING TRAINS PT 43; GM408 PT 3

 And now, the end of GM408...

Another lease fleet car is FURX 845366. FURX are the reporting marks of First Union Leasing.
A second string of grey hoppers, this time FURX cars, in the train. These are all former Canadian National NSC-built cars.
There are also cars owned by the Arkansas-Oklahoma RR, as seen here.
More AOK hoppers.
The tail end of GM408 is BNSF hoppers, including this older PS 4740 hopper, with the original "cross-circle" logo.
BNSF 471745 also has the cross-circle logo, but much larger. This was a nod the the Santa Fe's identical logo.
BNSF 481396 has the new "Swoosh" logo. Adopted in 2005, it also accompanied an official change in the railroad's name; from Burlington Northern Santa Fe to simply BNSF.
More BNSF hoppers.
Another BNSF car with the "Swoosh" logo, but this one is an older FMC car.
BNSF 402021 is a smaller ACF 4650 hopper, most of the other cars in the train are 4750 cuft or larger. The similar-looking FURX NSC cars are 5150 cuft, while most of 402021's sisters are Trinity 5161 cuft cars.
BNSF 432380, yet another FMC car -but with the original circle-cross logo- brings up the markers on GM408, as it rolls on to Baltimore. Specifically the Port of Baltimore, as this is a train of export grain bound for Africa.



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