PASSING TRAINS PT 28; PITT27 PT 1

Interstate RR Heritage unit 8105 leads PITT27, the priority express between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, west.

A trio of MR&T cars are on the head end, headed back home to Wisconsin.

A CHTT coil car and a patched CEFX boxcar.

Two tank cars, one carrying refined oil, the other loaded with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride -used in the petrochemical and polymer industries. Because of  the highly corrosive nature of the cargo, the tank car has an orange band to help first responders identify it as a potential hazard in the event of a wreck or derailment.

A CRLE 60' high cube boxcar is followed by an empty black and white TILX tank car.

PITT27 threads its way through Hillsdale Yard.

The white TILX tank cars are all empty.

TILX 352834 displays the features of her sisters; white body with a black band, yellow conspicuity striping, and 1987 placards signifying a re-assignment from crude oil to ethanol hauling.

The second half of PITT27 next week.