PASSING TRAINS PT 24; JBHTKC110 PT1

 Train JBHTKC110, the Trenton-KC J.B. Hunt train, has stopped in Hillsdale for a crew change...

The lead engine is GECX 2029, one of the ET44AC pre-production units. It has lost its solid blue paint for the red, grey and black of GE Transportation's new owner, Wabtec.

The new crew climbs aboard.

As they prepare to depart, we can get a good look at the new paint scheme which now adorns 2029. Wabtec purchased GE's locomotive division in 2018 as General Electric has spun off numerous divisions to focus on its core business of power generation. This ended over a century of GE locomotive production: from early electrics, to contemporary GEVO Evolutions. GE still holds a 50% stake in the new company, so it isn't entirely out of the locomotive business.

Sister ET44AC demo units 2040 and 2036 are still in blue paint.

The head end of JBHTKC110 is auto racks, returning from Trenton with import cars from Europe.

The trio of GECX engines head out. Another crew change in Cincinnati, then on to Chicago.

Behind the autoracks are the usual well cars with J.B. Hunt boxes. Note the reefer box on the next car.

 A well-weathered container stacked in a grimy FEC well car.

A rare grey Hunt container in a Pacer Stack Train MAXI IV well car. Note the container on top has a faded logo -just about all of the yellow is gone!

The rest of the train next week.