PASSING TRAINS PT 35; IC48 PT 2

 Last week, IC48 rolled into town. This week, more of the train...

More rebuilt Thrall cars, now with 30' wells. That APL logo was once white!

And more Gunderson rebuilt wells cars as well.

This Thrall car still has the old logo, as it was rebuilt before the new Heritage logo was adopted. Thus it is much dirtier than the previously seen Thrall car.

More 40 well cars for international container traffic, including a MAXI I stack car.

The MAXI I is a new car, with the new logo. The original MAXI I's were built during the late 80's, before being replaced by the longer MAXI II (45' wells), then the popular MAXI III (48'wells) well cars. However, a surge in 20' and 40' international container traffic revived interest during the early 2000's, so Gunderson re-introduced a modernized version. Note this car carries not only ONE (Ocean Network Express) containers in two color schemes, but also the containers of the three Japanese companies that formed ONE as well: K-Line (the grey container); NYK (the blue one); and MOL (the white reefer container).

The final well of the MAXI I is single-stacked with a pair of 20' tank containers; when loaded a pair will max out a well.

An AP&W 5-unit Thrall 40' well car carries 45' containers in three of the five top positions. Most AP&W well cars are a shade of brown, so this one is unusual, to say the least. The second 45' box isn't grey, it's a very faded green China Shipping container!

Two more well cars with the new red TTX logo; the second car is a rebuilt Thrall 5-unit car. Like the single-well cars, this car once had 48' wells; they were shortened to 40' due to the demise of the 48' container. These two won't stay clean for long!

A trio of rebuilt Gunderson single-unit well cars bring up the rear. International container traffic can be quite colorful, making these some of my favorite trains!