PASSING TRAINS PT 48; MCP91 PT 3

 The conclusion of MCP91...

A string of brand-new Agrium Wholesale covered hoppers. They are leased from First Union, hence the FURX reporting marks.

A close-up of one of the hoppers. Agrium is a Texas-based agricultural company.

The pink "On Track For A Cure" boxcar, FBOX 504927.

HPJX 90229 is a second-hand car, while MEC 32132 is wearing a new paint scheme -the colorful "Pan Am" scheme. Unfortunately, Pan Am is now a fallen flag; it became part of CSX in 2023.

TTJX 81977 is a "finger-rack" car for transporting rebar.

Another carbon black car, and a pair of empty bulkhead flatcars.

A pair of grimy RBOX cars, showing their age.

A more recent repaint. This is a "combo-door" ABOX car, so named because it has both a sliding door and a plug door.

Another "combo-door" ABOX, this one with a replacement plug door.

The final two RBOX cars, both trashed with graffiti..

PASSING TRAINS PT 48; MCP-91 PT 2

 Train MCP-91 (Manifest, Cumberland - Pittsburgh) is passing through Hillsdale...

ET44AC 500 and AC4400 8900 pass the city and head west to Pittsburgh.

A pair of VTTX converted 60' flatcars doing what they were converted for -carrying containers.

A pair of 60' CN boxcars, with yet another TBOX behind them.

CGFX 992121 is ex-CEFX reefer 992121. Look closely, and you can see the "G" is a different font from the other three letters.

CGFX 992114 is another ex-CEFX reefer.

A brand-new 68' GNTX RailGon gondola and yet another CN car, this time a WC marked gondola.

UTLX 300315 is leased to Specialty Minerals. It is followed by a potash hopper.

Yet another TBOX, but this time a "grid-side" car, with a BNSF box behind it.

A pair of FBOX 50' high cube "grid-side" boxcars.

Another look at the VTTX converted flatcars. During the late 80's, TTX converted over a thousand 60' general service flatcars into container-only VTTX cars, removing the decks and adding container pedestals. They can carry either one 40' and one 20' container or three 20' containers, as seen here. With a pair of loaded tank containers, the first car is probably carrying its max load capacity.
The rest of the train nest week.

PASSING TRAINS PT 48; MCP-91 PT 1

 

Train MCP-91; the Cumberland-Pittsburgh manifest, rolls into town. 

ET44AC 500, the Breast Cancer Awareness unit, leads the train.

Older AC4400 8900 trails.

Boxcars on the head end, including a CN and a GTW car; both have the CN.CA website on their sides.

A carbon black hopper, followed by a tank car.

A string of empty Soy Power tank cars. These cars delivered their loads of biodiesel at the railroad's Cumberland Shops.

A look at one of the Soy Power Bio Fuels tank cars. The AP&W is experimenting with biodiesel fuel in some of its locomotives, mainly yard switchers, as it has yet to purchase fuel tenders for long-range operations.

More boxcars, this time of the 60' variety, including this TBOX car with the older black logo.

An ex-UP car now owned by TTX, followed by another TBOX with the newer red logo.

A Wisconsin Central car, followed by yet another TBOX car.

MCP-91 is just getting started. Stay tuned for more next week!