PASSING TRAINS PT35, RETURN OF THE AMERICA UNITS

The America Units are back, returning from Baltimore...

Returning in reverse order -the units weren't turned in Baltimore- 1976 now leads the charge back to Chicago, with DBC-47.

The train is billed as a "mixed intermodal", and here is the "mixed" part; a string of AP&W Auto-Max car carriers on the head end! The lead car has the new "star" logo.

The other cars have the older "AUTO-MAX" logo. Some also have graffiti.

The cars are headed back to the Midwest to be forwarded to various assembly plants for reloading, although the manifest lists several of these cars as being loaded with new Jaguars!

On past downtown.

While the train is long, the yard is nearly empty!

Tacked in behind the auto carriers are the normal double-stacks, this time with a nice variety of EMP containers.

White containers are mixed in with the green ones, as a yard worker does a visual inspection of the train as it passes by.

Two green containers with two different body styles and even two different logo locations! EMP was originated between the Union Pacific (the yellow), Norfolk Southern (the black), and Conrail (the blue), hence the colors of the logo. The AP&W joined after the split-up of Conrail between NS and CSX. The AP&W still operates its own containers services as well; SCSU and CIE Intermodal, a subsidiary of its CIE Trucking arm.