PASSING TRAINS PT 39; M1795 PT 3

 M1795 continued...

A big reefer, owned by Tropicana, but carrying a "Naked" logo. (Carrying nude juice smoothies perhaps?)

Another 60' TBOX, but an older one with the old logo, followed by an AP&W 60' boxcar.

A pair of brand new 60' TBOX cars, with "grid" sides.

A pair of old 68' flatcars carrying concrete sewer pipe segments. Built in the late 60's, these cars are close to retirement.

A look at one of the cars and it's load.

Yet another loaded centerbeam flatcar.

A special Easter delivery! Former GONX Railgon gondolas, now owned by Helm-Pacific Leasing, carry a shipment of Easter bunnies.

The end of the train is filled out with a short string of MOW gons carrying old ties.

A look at the first gon. Note the rust and grime on the car.

The second car is not as bad, but still grimy to be carrying such a precious cargo! At least the bunnies are securely braced in the car.

And with that -HAPPY EASTER!

PASSING TRAINS PT 39: M1795 PT 2

 Train M1795 is passing through Hillsdale...

.A pair of RFMX ex- Penn Central hoppers.

A grey HPJX boxcar and a loaded TTX centerbeam bulkhead flatcar -the first of several in the train.

A patched Railbox boxcar and a black Trinity Leasing hopper car -with high "anti-graffiti" reporting marks. Note the "75" graphics at the end of the car; EMPYREAL 75 is a Cargill-developed, corn-based protein concentrate used in animal feed. There are over 80 of these black hoppers across the country, usually in groups.

LRS 4223 is a Laurinburg & Southern boxcar leased from GATX. Another FBOX  50' "grid-sided" boxcar follows, but this one has the new red logo.

A pair of POTX three bay hoppers. Potash has a variety of uses, including fertilizer, ice melt, feed supplements, cement, water softener, and even in the metal industry. Potash Corporation has thousands of hoppers in service across North America in this salmon pink scheme. Many are faded pink, like the second car.

A trio of tank cars carrying hydrochloric acid. Like Potash, hydrochloric acid is also used in water treatment, as well as road salt. The green bands are to let first responders know that potentially hazardous cargo may be on board.

Two Canadian National 60' boxcars, with tow different paint schemes. While the CN "website" logo is the same on both, it is on different ends of the cars!

Another loaded centerbeam bulkhead flatcar, this one owned by St. Marys West.

The fist of several 60'' TBOX TTX cars, TBOX 662066 has the new "Heritage" logo. The tank car is carrying anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, a highly corrosive compound. The car also has a "inhalation hazard" warning on the side as well.

More M1795 next week!

PASSING TRAINS PT 39; M1795 PT 1

 

Another west-bound is rounding the curve into Hillsdale...

Brand-new ET44AC's 549 and 536 lead train M1795, the Baltimore-Cleveland manifest.

Right behind the power is a DODX flatcar with a pair of  M88 recovery vehicles on board.

A pair of  loaded autoracks are on the head end as well. The first one is this TTX car with a TTX rack.

The second car is this NS rack, loaded on a TTX flat.. Both cars are Gunderson MultiMax racks.

A pair of loaded Vulcan Materials hopper cars, carrying gravel.

A loaded CTNX carbon black hopper.

An older carbon black hopper, still in it's as-delivered paint, for Sid Richardson. Both cars are headed for Akron, to the Goodyear Tire plant.

A Railbox ABOX 50' boxcar and a tank car loaded with ethyl acetate solvent follow.

More of M1795 next week.

PASSING TRAINS PT 38; SDN40 PT3

 The conclusion of  SDN40...

Following FEC 70605 is  another MAXI IV, with yet another white Optimodal container.

And yet another MAXI IV, but this time with all orange containers.

A look at one of the containers, showing the wheel spray effect at the rear.

The tail end of the train is spine cars, as seen here.

This car has a container loaded on the mu middle platform.

The final spine car has a pair of UPS pups on the end platform: a "possum-belly" and a 28' container on chassis.

The EOT brings up the rear, as SDN40 passes through Hillsdale Yard on the way to New York City.

That is one interesting cloud shadow crossing the yard. :)

PASSING TRAINS PT 38; SDN40 PT 2

 SDN40 continues from last week...

The first of several MAXI IV well cars in the train, DTTX 732000 carries a mix of exterior post and corrugated containers.

Along with graffiti, DTTX 724792 also carries a white Optimodal container.

A pair of NSC-built single-well  cars split the articulated cars.

An ex-Pacer Stack Train Maxi IV now carries CIEX reporting marks -along with another white Optimodal container. The dark orange container underneath it is an ex-Martin box; the roof is still white.

Another MAXI IV car with a white Optimodal container, this time on the bottom of a another ex-Martin container; note the roof is still, indeed, white.

Another CIEX well car, this time a three unit drawbar-connected NSC well car. Yet again, there is a white Optimodal container, as well as another ex-Martin container.

Another pair of single-well cars, this time Gundersons. The first is a "patched" 53' well car, the second is an FEC 53' all-purpose well car, with a red HUB Group container in the bottom position.

Next week, the last of SDN40.