PASSING TRAINS PT 37; NYCKC701NS PT 4

 The conclusion of NYCKC701NS...

The second well of the AOK car has a MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Co.) box atop a HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine) box. The next well has a CMA-CGM box atop an orange NYK box.

The next two wells feature another CMA-CGM box atop a Don Fang, with a another MSC box atop a brown (leased) UASC box.

The final car is another rebuilt 5-unit Thrall well car, this time with the original TTX logo. The two APL containers are topped by a Hapag Lloyd open top and yet another CMA-CGM box.

Another heavily faded China Shipping 45' box rides another brown UASC box ( the normal UASC color is green). This container, like the other one is leased from Triton. A pair of APL boxes follow; the top one is a high-cube and is a slightly different shade of blue from the standard-height one beneath it.

The final well has another Hapag Lloyd open top and yet another CMA-CGM box. Note the "eco container" graphic, seen on some of these containers; they have bamboo flooring, which is considered more environmentally sustainable than conventional wood flooring. Bamboo grows much faster than most other plants; some species can grow several feet a week!

PASSING TRAINS PT 37; NYCKC701NS PT 3

 More of NYCKC701NS...

A pair of 45' boxes, with a CMA/CGM -featuring the "Globe" logo- on top of a very faded China Shipping container.

A grey MOL, with a colorful "three-square" logo, atop a Hapag-Lloyd.

A Hanjin 45' box atop a Safmarine 40-footer.

A "K" Line 45' box, with white ends, atop a worn and faded MOL 40' box. Behind is a APL box, with a CNC Line box atop it. The car is a BNSF-owned SFLC five-unit well car.

Next in the car is a MAERSK box, with another CMA/CGM 45-footer atop it, followed by a COSCO open top on a Don Fang box.

The final well has a MOL reefer container, with a small "three-square" logo and leased from SEACO, atop a APL box with a VERY small logo.

The next car is a MAXI I with the new logo, either brand new or recently repainted. It has a pair of COSCO Shipping containers in the first well; this is the new company resulting from the merger of COSCO and China Shipping. The next well has a pair of loaded 20' tank containers, maxing out the weight limits of the well.

The next two wells display both the two merger partners of COSCO Shipping, as well as the new company. Note yet another well-faded 45' China Shipping container.

The final well has a NYK container atop another leased MOL reefer. The following car is another MAXI I, owned by Arkansas Oklahoma (AOK), which we'll see next week, as we close out NYCKC701NS.

PASSING TRAINS PT 37; NYCKC701NS PT 2

 NYCKC701NS is passing through Hillsdale. From last week...

Another look at the three containers in one of the middle wells of the second Backpacker. Note the rust on the top container.

A third Backpacker, still in its as-delivered paint -and still with lots of pink/magenta ONE containers! Note the height mis-match between standard height and hi-cube containers.

A HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine) container and a Maersk 45' box interrupt the string of ONE's.

An AP&W Trinity 5-unit well car has ONE, MSC, K-Line and MOL containers on the head-end.

More MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Co.), another MOL and a Hapag Lloyd open top.

Another look at the Hapag Lloyd open top, not often seen in intermodal service, as well as another MOL container and a NYK container -two of the three partners in ONE.

A 45' MSC, atop a refrigerated ONE in a rebuilt Gunderson well car. Following is a rebuilt Thrall 5-unit well car, with a NYC container atop a pair of 20's; one a K Line, the other a UASC.

A pair of Hapag Lloyd's with a MOL and another NYK. Note this car is new enough out the shops to carry the new red TTX logo.

The end of DTTX 748241 carries a Hapag Lloyd, a ZIM open top, a Lloyd Trestino, and a rainbow MAERSK container -as if NYCKC701NS' consist wasn't colorful enough!

More containers next week!