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Old classic |
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At one time, these 86 foot auto parts cars were all over. Now, they seem to be few and far between, though this line does not have a lot of parts traffic on it. This ex Conrail car, now with initials NYC, was in Watts on a southbound H train. |
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10/17/2017 Upload Date: 10/21/2017 4:54:22 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Roster,RollingStock |
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IC car |
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While the railroad was Illinois Central Gulf, their box cars were orange, making them easy to spot. Theyre a lot less flashy now that they are gray. This one was northbound in Siloam Springs on an H train. |
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1/27/2019 Upload Date: 2/22/2019 4:24:18 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Not many of these left |
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A hand me down 86 foot auto parts box rolls south on an H train. Once a staple of the railroad auto parts business, these cars are approaching their maximum interchange life, and wont be around much longer. |
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1/4/2020 Upload Date: 1/12/2020 3:54:19 AM |
| Location: |
Decatur, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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79 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Not the best angle |
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But I didnt realize the mismatch between the initials and lettering til after it was almost too late. Its not uncommon to see initials patch painted on a car that has changed hands. What was unusual about this one is that it looks like the car and reporting marks are intentional, Nebraska-Kansas-Colorado marks, but CP painted on the car, too. Go figure. |
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5/6/2020 Upload Date: 5/25/2020 5:23:39 AM |
| Location: |
Stilwell, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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105 Comments: 1 |
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Minnesota car |
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This Minnesota, Dakota & Western car was southbound on the M train this day. |
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4/30/2021 Upload Date: 5/3/2021 4:31:38 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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75 Comments: 2 |
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What it said |
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A lot of instruction on the doors of this box car. |
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6/24/2021 Upload Date: 7/24/2021 5:53:08 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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67 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
A lot to say |
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Not only the graffit, which seems to be as pervasive on freight cars as it once was on the NY subways I rode in the 70s, but on the doors of this Railbox car on a northbound M train. |
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6/24/2021 Upload Date: 7/24/2021 5:34:10 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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69 Comments: 1 |
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Clean!! |
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Its getting harder and harder to find cars that are not covered in graffiti these days. This new TBOX was southbound on the M KCSH. |
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8/6/2021 Upload Date: 8/10/2021 5:02:22 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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63 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rare find |
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The Western Pacific was folded into UP in 1982, almost 40 years ago. To find one of their boxcars still rolling well into the 21st century was a find. This one was on a northbound at Mc Alester on the ex MKT. I caught it the day UP 4014 was visiting for an overnight service stop, so there were lots of daisy pickers around, hence the lack of a clear shot. Oh well....and of course, it's covered in graffiti!! |
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8/12/2021 Upload Date: 8/18/2021 5:44:17 AM |
| Location: |
McAlester, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Short line car |
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Theres a short line in the Arkansas River Valley that runs some industrial track in the Fort Chaffee area, and out to Barling. For a line that is only 29 miles, they have a roster of rolling stock, among them this graffitied ex-Nacional de Mexico box car that was in the southbound Q train on the KCS |
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10/14/2022 Upload Date: 10/23/2022 5:23:48 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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74 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Special box |
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This pink Railbox was in the southbound Q train on the KCS. It supports efforts to cure breast cancer. |
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10/14/2022 Upload Date: 10/23/2022 5:38:32 AM |
| Location: |
Siloam Springs, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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97 Comments: 2 |
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Clean car |
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Must be new, theres not a mark on it. This was one of two such cars-the other a UP box-on this M SHKC. |
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2/5/2023 Upload Date: 2/6/2023 6:18:57 AM |
| Location: |
Gravette, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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66 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Not a mark |
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This UP "minimalist" car-solid yellow, no markings except for reporting marks-was northbound on the M SHKC. How long til the vandals turn it into a canvas for graffiti?? |
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2/5/2023 Upload Date: 2/6/2023 6:25:11 AM |
| Location: |
Gravette, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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77 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Faded glory |
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The paint has worn off the lettering of this battered Railbox, seen on a northbound H train at Gentry |
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5/26/2023 Upload Date: 5/27/2023 6:14:41 AM |
| Location: |
Gentry, AR |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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55 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Katy mark |
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This GATX car is lettered BKTY, a reporting mark used historically by the MKT, and seen on a southbound 262 train on the KCS. Interesting... |
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11/4/2023 Upload Date: 11/6/2023 4:13:06 AM |
| Location: |
Westville, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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85 Comments: 3 |
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Out in the field |
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This Santa Fe reefer was in a field off old US 66 near Adrian, Texas, about 50 miles west of Amarillo, and, ironically, adjacent to the ex Rock Choctaw Route. |
| Photo Date: |
12/8/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 4:21:24 AM |
| Location: |
Adrian, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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37 Comments: 2 |
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Lineage |
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This Lineage reefer was at Belen, headed west. The LINX mark is for Lineage, which recently bought out Cryo-Trans, see comment below. |
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12/10/2023 Upload Date: 1/3/2024 6:32:49 AM |
| Location: |
Belen, NM |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Great storage shed |
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The west seems to be littered with old box cars-whose exactly depends on what railroad was nearby-in this case, here in Pampa Tex, the Santa Fe. This weathered car was in a local industrys yard off US 60. |
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12/12/2023 Upload Date: 1/4/2024 4:01:33 AM |
| Location: |
Pampa, TX |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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| Title: |
Open door |
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You usually see a box car with an open door when the car is empty, but not often a loaded car. Someone must have opened this one in transit, hoping for a mechandise jackpot. They were surely disappointed to find the load was linerboard, which, when I was a driver for JB Hunt, I recall as being shipped in 7000 pound rolls. Even if it was something you wanted, you couldnt just walk off with it!! Northbound on the 261 train. The reporting mark is UP, once upon a time, a MKT mark. |
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1/4/2024 Upload Date: 1/7/2024 6:15:35 AM |
| Location: |
Watts, OK |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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40 Comments: 1 |
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