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Post by BuckSkin on May 4, 2023 4:30:09 GMT
KY Hwy 698 - CNO&TP Grade Crossing - Lincoln County - Kentucky
Wednesday_03-November-2021
Photo Taken through the glass of a Stationary Vehicle
Traveling Eastbound
Union Tank Car Company 4-Bay Covered Hopper UTCX 46556
The White Car
Built: December 1987
Spotted 05-March-2016 in Elsmere, Delaware.
Look HERE and HERE.
It appears it has had a new paint job since the 2016 photo. I Hope you guys LIKE trains.
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Post by BuckSkin on May 4, 2023 4:37:32 GMT
Same Day - Same TrainThe train is Northbound.
Tank Cars and Covered Coil Steel Cars
Note the Bulkhead Flatbed with Log Bolsters and the huge plastic drain pipes sitting beside the tracks at the far left.
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Post by BuckSkin on May 4, 2023 4:44:24 GMT
Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad Hi-Cube Boxcar COER 17170? - The light-blue car
It could be the opposite side of any of these:
Laurinburg and Southern Railroad Hi-Cube Boxcar GATX LRS 137122 - The dark blue car
GATX = General American Marks Company, GATX Corporation
Headquartered in Chicago. GATX leases railcars, locomotives, and aircraft.
Providence and Worcester Railroad Boxcar WRWK 4461 - The tan car
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Post by BuckSkin on May 4, 2023 4:50:03 GMT
Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad Hi-Cube Boxcar COER 17170? - The light-blue car
Laurinburg and Southern Railroad Hi-Cube Boxcar GATX LRS 137122 - The dark blue car
Providence and Worcester Railroad Boxcar WRWK 4461 - The tan carNotice the scrappy-looking logs loaded in a dump truck waiting at the crossing.
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Post by BuckSkin on May 4, 2023 4:54:17 GMT
Northbound Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad Hi-Cube Boxcar COER 17170?
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Post by pontiac1940 on May 4, 2023 18:32:24 GMT
Always look at trains. Thanks.
Is there a website that shows where a specific rail car has travelled?
Here, some resource boxcars (covered hoppers) simply go back and fourth ... back and fourth ... back and fourth ... back and fourth and never stray from the routine. For example, there are potash mines in Saskatchewan and the dedicated potash cars go from the mines to ports in Vancouver for shipment overseas. Back and fourth. They go through our town several times each day. Some grain covered hoppers would be similar but they would also travel to assorted supply points so their routing would vary somewhat.
But the carry-all boxcars with crated or palletized freight could literally go from east to west and north to south all across North America. They could tell some stories. Would be interesting to see where they have been over the years.
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Post by BuckSkin on May 4, 2023 21:22:08 GMT
Is there a website that shows where a specific rail car has travelled?
I wish I could find a site that tracked specific railcars; there are all sorts of sites that track aircraft, even little personal planes, in real time; if a plane passes over the house and I can get the "N" number, within minutes I can tell who owns the plane, where it started from, and where it is going.
I do use a couple sites to find other photos of a specific railcar (or locomotive); but, someone must first have taken AND posted photos of said railcar and that car can be a lot of different places between posted photos; and, many cars I search have no posted photos.
Armed with the reporting marks (the rest of the alphabet is at the top of the page) and the individual number, you can then search to see what, if any, photos have been posted.
Often, something, either graffiti or obstructions, trees, light-poles, and such, will obscure one digit; in which case, I search for a spread of numbers and often distinct graffiti on posted cars will identify my car --- providing the posted photo is of the same side of the car; a car may have huge very noticeable graffiti on one side and not a mark on the other.
Often, if I cannot make out the reporting mark and number on the side of the car, I may be able to see it on the upper end corner at the left side from where you are seeing the car (this number is on both ends of the car; if you were looking straight at the end of the car, the marks and number would be at the top-right corner)
I use THIS SITE - click "Search" in the left side list
I also use THIS SITE
I do find it interesting to see where the cars in my photos have been.Here, some resource boxcars (covered hoppers) simply go back and fourth ... back and fourth ... back and fourth ... back and fourth and never stray from the routine. For example, there are potash mines in Saskatchewan and the dedicated potash cars go from the mines to ports in Vancouver for shipment overseas. Back and fourth. They go through our town several times each day. Some grain covered hoppers would be similar but they would also travel to assorted supply points so their routing would vary somewhat. But the carry-all boxcars with crated or palletized freight could literally go from east to west and north to south all across North America. They could tell some stories. Would be interesting to see where they have been over the years.
The Potash cars you mention, as well as Ore cars, Coal cars, and the like, are usually what are called "Unit Trains"; unless a car needs repair, those trains are never "broken".
In most cases, Unit Train cars have swiveling "rotary" couplers such that each individual car, or a group of cars, can be pivoted upside-down to dump without having to uncouple anything.
Usually, there are huge "loops" of track at either end so that the train can loop around and under the loading facility and then loop around and over the dumping facility.
It is amazing to watch a train of cars being flipped upside-down and dumped without ever being uncoupled.
As for general use Boxcars (and most other types of cars) much money is made for their owners by the "per diem" system where other railroads pay the cars owner a given amount per every day that car is on their tracks, loaded or empty.
The owner of the car couldn't care less how far from home the car may be, or even if he ever sees it again, because he is getting paid a given amount for every day that car is on non-home rails.
That is why many of the railcars are owned by big financial institutions.
I have seriously thought of buying a string of Boxcars and getting in on some of that easy money.
I agree; it would definitely be interesting to know the history of many of the Boxcars out there; many have been on the rails since the 1940s/1950s; they last forever. |
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Post by BuckSkin on May 5, 2023 7:29:40 GMT
Is there a website that shows where a specific rail car has travelled?
I found THIS; I haven't yet explored it and what it does; I think it is for tracking where a railcar is right now.
What would be cool, and what I think you are thinking about, would be a way to type in a railcar identification and get a list of, not so much where it is at right now, but everywhere that car has been; equipped with such a list, one could create one of those "layers" for Google Earth Pro and see everywhere he car has been in satellite view.
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Post by pontiac1940 on May 5, 2023 15:28:07 GMT
The Potash cars you mention, as well as Ore cars, Coal cars, and the like, are usually what are called "Unit Trains"; Thanks for all of the information. Yes, they are called unit trains here as well. The potash trains are typically 120+ cars and over one mile long and can block adjacent N-S crossings. (Our rural roads are in a 2-mile by 1-mile grid.) They are all hopper bottom, so I think they are dumped upright vs rotating. I found THIS; I haven't yet explored it and what it does; I think it is for tracking where a railcar is right now. Thanks. I will check this out. I will have photos of boxcars so will have numbers. |
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Post by BuckSkin on May 8, 2023 5:17:58 GMT
KY Hwy 698 - CNO&TP Grade Crossing - Lincoln County - Kentucky
Traveling Eastbound
Wednesday_03-November-2021
Photo Taken through the glass of a Stationary Vehicle
Northbound Norfolk Southern approaching the KY Hwy 698 - CNO&TP Grade Crossing
The dark blue car = Laurinburg and Southern Railroad LRS 137122 GATX
The tan car = Providence and Worcester Railroad WRWK 4461 
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Post by BuckSkin on May 8, 2023 5:41:17 GMT
KY Hwy 698 - CNO&TP Grade Crossing - Lincoln County - Kentucky
Traveling Eastbound
Wednesday_03-November-2021
Photo Taken through the glass of a Stationary Vehicle
Northbound Norfolk Southern approaching the KY Hwy 698 - CNO&TP
Grade Crossing
Greenbrier 3-bay Covered Hopper GBRX 712901
Greenbrier Leasing Corporation The girl in the car facing us came out of the driveway down near the crossing and is sitting in the road, talking with the guy in the dump truck load of logs; you can see his mirror behind the blurry old lady.
People were getting out of their cars and visiting with people in other cars; all quite leisurely.
The first few vehicles were already sitting here when we came along and we sat without moving for at least forty minutes --- I loved every minute of it; I never heard a single horn blow, nor did I see anyone with their drawers all in a wad about having to sit there a spell.
I am not sure just what they were doing; the train backed up Southward for almost the entire length of the train; then, it sat unmoving for quite some time; then, it started creeping Northward, at first so slowly that you had to gauge it's movement by the bushes.
It is possible that he could have broke the train and picked up a couple cars at the McKinney siding and then put the train back together; but, that doesn't explain him backing up so far --- unless, he did not know to pick up the cars until he had already stopped at the signal ahead at Palm and then the dispatcher decided, while he was already there and stopped, he could pick up the cars and bring them on in to Danville Yard; of course, I am just speculating; that may have not been the reason at all.
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Post by hmca on May 8, 2023 13:17:30 GMT
Not sure what made me stop and read the post above, but I’m glad I did! Great story, BuckSkin! Imagine if the same thing happened around where I live the reaction would have been much different.
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Post by BuckSkin on May 12, 2023 21:08:36 GMT
KY Hwy 698 - CNO&TP Grade Crossing - Lincoln County - Kentucky
Traveling Eastbound
Wednesday_03-November-2021
Photo Taken through the glass of a Stationary Vehicle
Northbound Norfolk Southern approaching the KY Hwy 698 - CNO&TP Grade Crossing; Left is North.
First in line, Tomahawk Railway Hi-Cube Double Plug-door Boxcar TR 65296, the red oxide car.
Second in line, Laurinburg and Southern Railroad Sliding Door Boxcar LRS 3580, the blue car.
Third in line, GATX 3-Bay Covered Hopper GACX 121811.
Fourth in line, GATX 3-Bay Covered Hopper GACX 121711.
Fifth, GATX 3-Bay Covered Hopper GACX 121869.
Sixth, PLM International 3-Bay Covered Hopper CITX 700126.
Seventh, Wells Fargo Rail 4-Bay Covered Hopper ACFX 458114.
Eighth, Bunge North America 4-Bay Covered Hopper BNGX 60004.
Ninth, Archer Daniel Midland Tanker ADMX 26122.
And tenth, the last I can see, Pressure Vessel Service Pressurized Tanker PVSX 213024 Laurinburg and Southern Railroad Sliding Door Boxcar LRS 3580This car was sighted in McDonough, Georgia, on Saturday_28-March-2020.  
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Post by BuckSkin on May 23, 2023 2:33:40 GMT
KY Hwy 698 - CNO&TP Grade Crossing - Lincoln County - Kentucky
Traveling Eastbound
Photo Taken through the glass of a Stationary Vehicle
Wednesday_03-November-2021
Northbound Norfolk Southern approaching the KY Hwy 698 CNO&TP Grade Crossing - Photo Left is North
Tomahawk Railway TR 65296 Double Plug-door Boxcar
Left to right:
WRWK 4461 Providence and Worcester Railroad__The Tan Car
TR 65296 Tomahawk Railway__The Red Car
LRS 3580 Laurinburg and Southern Railroad__The Blue Car
TR 65296 was spotted in Bound Brook, New Jersey, on 2nd of March, 2020.
Tomahawk Railway info HERE and HERE
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Post by BuckSkin on May 27, 2023 7:46:34 GMT
KY Hwy 698 - CNO&TP Grade Crossing - Lincoln County - Kentucky Traveling Eastbound
Photo Taken through the glass of a Stationary Vehicle
Wednesday_03-November-2021
Northbound Norfolk Southern approaching the KY Hwy 698 x CNO&TP Grade Crossing - Photo Left is North
GATX 3-bay Covered Hopper #GACX 121811
GATX = General American Marks Company
Seen here between:
Laurinburg and Southern Railroad #LRS 3580
and
GATX #GACX 121711 GATX 3-bay Covered Hopper #GACX 121711 GATX 3-bay Covered Hopper #GACX 121869 PLM International 3-bay Covered Hopper CITX 700126 Wells Fargo Rail 4-bay Covered Hopper ACFX 458114 BUNGE North America 4-bay Covered Hopper BNGX 60004Seen here between:
Wells Fargo Rail ACFX 458114
and
Archer-Daniels-Midland Tanker ADMX 26122
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