IC48; PT2

From last week...

As noted last week, IC48 is loaded with international intermodal traffic headed to Chicago. And once again, there are more China Shipping containers, along with an MCC container -yet another Far East shipper. Note the AOK stack car in TTX yellow. Most class 1 railroads don't own stack cars, but class 3 regional Arkansas-Oklahoma does!

Another China Shipping box, along with another pair of MCC containers. Also, a pair of CMA-CGM  boxes, in two different schemes! The other green container is owned by Capital Leasing.

Yep, still more China Shipping 45' containers, this time in a 48' Husky Stack repainted into the new TTX scheme. Given that 48' containers are rarely seen anymore, and 48' well cars are being removed from service as a result, the fact that this car was repainted is pretty amazing. Behind it is a 53' well car, with a pair of 40' Uniglory containers -in two different colors!

Once again, 40' and 45' containers in a 53' well car are not the most efficient way to do things, but it gets the job done. Behind the 3-unit set, is a single 40' well car -rebuilt from a 48' car- with a pair of 20' tank containers. Given that they are single- stacked, they are probably loaded -tank containers tend to be on the heavy side.

And so too can 20' boxes. More China Shipping and COSCO units. Recently, these two companies have merged into COSCO Shipping.
The rest of the train next week.