THE ORANGE TRAIN!

Yes, it's time for Halloween! And here's an orange train to celebrate!

Train DN39, the Dayton, Oh.-NYC intermodal, rolls into Hillsdale, behind a trio of BNSF engines.

While BNSF units are unusual enough, these are also ES44C4 engines; only BNSF and Florida East Coast own these types of locomotives, although the AP&W tested them. While good for intermodal service, the railroad wasn't impressed with them in other types of service, and stayed with the tried-and-true standard ES44AC's.

Orange and black engines lead an almost solid train of orange Schneider National containers. Halloween colors indeed!

A lone, green HUB Group container leads the orange parade.

More orange containers. Not the Tropicana "Juice Train", but it sure seems like it! Note the grey lease units in the yard.

And speaking of grey, the end of the train features a string of grey FedEx Intermodal containers. A lot of Schneider traffic can be found on ND39/DN39, as a joint CSX-KCS train carries Schneider equipment between St. Louis and Dayton; the AP&W's "39" trains are a natural extension to New York, and in fact are marketed as such. BNSF units, however, usually come out of Chicago, so their appearance here is unusual -especially a matched set.