PASSING TRAINS PT 41; DCCWCO119 PT 1

 

Train DCCWCO119 (D.C.-Cumberland-Wheeling-Columbus) rounds the curve into town.

Today, the train is led by ES44AC 1960, the Erie Lackawanna Heritage unit.

 DCCWCO119 is the manifest that services Washington, D.C., Cumberland, Md., Wheeling, W.Va., and Columbus, Oh.

1960's companion is sister ES44AC 9485.

RBOX 40188 has a special paint scheme, in honor of breast cancer research. And yes, the real car actually has the small "hand prints" on it!

Two more boxcars -of many more to come- follow. The second one is leased from GATX by the UP -note the BKTY reporting marks.

A pair of plastic pellet hoppers. More will follow. Note that while both are owned by Pullman Leasing (PLCX reporting msrks) the lettering is placed differently on both cars: the first car has the reporting marks in the traditional location above the capacity data; the second car has the reporting marks beside the capacity data, which has been moved over to accommodate this.

More hoppers, including a Trinity 3230 cuft pressure-differential hopper loaded with cement leading the group. The other two cars are loaded with crushed glass for recycling.

A tank car loaded with solvents and a loaded carbon black hopper.

A trio of 50' FBOX cars. The first car still has the old black logo, the other two have the new red logo.

A look at the last two cars show that while similar, they are NOT the same. In addition to paint and lettering differences, 506858 has slightly different side rib spacing and smaller side ladders than sister 504634.

Next week, more of DCCWCO119.

TOWN LIFE PT 23; TRUCK PARADE!

 The recent release of Athearn 45' trailers is an excuse for a semi parade!

A red and blue Peterbilt 359 with a marching red trailer.

A purple Freightliner with matching trailer.

A Kenworth W900A with matching trailer -also in purple!

A green and white Kenworth K100 Aerodyne with a green trailer.

Headed the other way, but still nice, is this metallic blue and yellow Peterbilt 359 with a matching trailer.

With a number of custom semi's in my collection, another truck parade may be coming in the future!

PASSING TRAINS PT 40; OM519

 Two special units make a return trip through Hillsdale...

ET44AC 530 is back, with a friend.

Scale Trains ES44AC 2022 is making her way back west, on her second revenue trip. The two are leading OM519, the westbound oil train from Baltimore to Chicago, where it will be handed off to the BNSF.

Even though the tank cars are empty, there is still a buffer car on the head end.

The tank cars are all VMSX (Valero Marketing) owned.

The pair of GE's roll past downtown.

OM519 stretches through the yard. During the Bakken oil boom from 2015-2020, this train was a tri-weekly run. Now, it only runs once a week.

More VMSX "oil cans".

Another APW hopper serves as the rear-end buffer car. Unlike the first car, this one lacks the "star" logo. While there is often a BNSF hopper in the train, this one is "all AP&W."

The EOT flashes to signal the end of yet another train.

EXTRA 2022 PT 3; THE VIDEO!

 For this week, I have a video of Extra 2022. Enjoy!

EXTRA 2022 PT 2

 Last week, we saw Extra 2022 arrive in Hillsdale, with a Scale Trains "demo" unit on the point. Now, the rest of the train...

A set of Alliance Shippers reefer trailers.

A pair of KLLM trailers.

A section of the train is comprised of C.R. England equipment, both trailer and containers. This is the only well car in the short train.

More C.R. England equipment, including another container between trailers on the spine car.

The end of the train is all trailers on the last spine car, including a 45' dry van.

Now that's one way to ship beer on a train! (If these hadn't sold out so quick, I might have built up a string of them on the rails!)

The EOT flashes as the train rolls on. (I am working on a solution for the dark corner. There is no outlet back there, so a portable light is needed, but finding one bright enough is a challenge.)

I have a train for next week -I just need to photograph it!