THE 60'S PT4

Now that we've seen the yard, let's see a train!

Train PN70MX, the Pittsburgh-New York City Merchandise Express train, rolls into town behind a pair of EMD GP35's. The head-end is comprised of meat reefers loaded with pork, beef and poultry headed to Northeastern markets for the upcoming holiday season.

The 4-axle engines pass their larger 6-axle brethren as they speed the hotshot freight through the yard. Even though mechanical reefer cars are showing up in ever increasing numbers, the reefers in this train are still ice-cooled -meaning there is an increased need for expediency, as the reefers will not be re-iced before arriving in New York City.

The first of the reefers are these four Armour cars. Note the first car has a black roof and ends, while the other three are solid yellow.

The next group are these Hormel cars, leased from North American Car Co.

A set of reefers leased by Dugdale Packing of St. Joseph, Mo. from UTLX.

Another set of UTLX reefers, this time leased by Bookey Packing Co. of Des Moines, Iowa.

More Midwestern cars; Central Packing Co., Inc. of Kansas City, Mo. These cars are leased from the American Refrigerator Transit Co. (ART).
Next week; the rest of the train.