HAPPY 4th OF JULY

If it's the Fourth of July, the America units should be in action!

Lugging CDB47 as usual, the trio rolls into town.

Three GE's in red, white and blue, adorned with flags, stars, and a military logo. All proudly lettered "United States of America". Does it get any more patriotic than this?

The first set of containers are brand-new FedEx Intermodal boxes. 

Next is a string of JB Hunt boxes, including one of the newer JB Hunt Intermodal units.

A number of UPS boxes are also in the  train, including these 28' units in specialized well cars. UPS is the only user of 28' containers; Burlington Northern experimented with them during the early 90's, but wound up selling their fleet to UPS.

The last of the containers are these Swift Intermodal boxes.

Following the Swift boxes are the Swift vans on spine cars.

Among the trailers are these two Martin reefer vans. With a shortage of drivers across the nation, Martin is one of an increasing number of trucking companies going intermodal.

Another trucking company now using the rails is England; these reefers are part of its new intermodal division. They also have 53' refrigerated containers that ride the rails as well (stay tuned).

The last trailer is an AP&W van. With the growth in domestic 53' container traffic, most railroads now only offer containers instead of trailers;  the AP&W is the last holdout.