LEASE UNIT PT3

After leading the excursion cars to Cumberland, HLCX 6217 another trip through Hillsdale...

Extra 6217, an unscheduled train from Cumberland, passes through town on the way to Pittsburgh, with 6217 in charge of a short intermodal train. Even though this train isn't on the schedule, the crew has no qualms about running it. On the AP&W, "extra" trains mean extra pay!

This train is almost solid JB Hunt!

While both containers are 53' plate walls, the top container is an older (late 90's) Monon, while the bottom is a newer Wabash DuraPlate unit. The Monon unit will soon be retired from service.

More Hunt boxes include DuraPlates, reefers, and corrugated units, both in traditional JB Hunt and JB Hunt Intermodal schemes.

Behind the double-stacked boxes are trailers on spine cars.

A pair of JB Hunt Intermodal reefer trailers.

A Wheels Clipper reefer trailer among the Hunt units. Note the Hunt trailer behind it is actually a container on chassis being treated as a trailer; Hunt chassis are designed with a latching mechanism to lock with a container mid-chassis to make the whole unit sturdier for both road and rail usage. Hunt chassis are also narrower than conventional chassis to prevent mixing Hunt equipment with non-Hunt equipment.

At the end of the train is a string of Alliance shippers inc. reefers. Alliance does a lot of rail shipping, both in trailers and by container -and even, for a period, by RoadRailers!