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BNSF Freight Cars |
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Open gondola 511625 (number is a little
unclear), carrying concrete ties, westbound at Pinecliffe (12/05/2008). |
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Open gondola 516458 and another
unidentifiable gondola, loaded with concrete ties, moving on a trackage
rights train on the Moffat. Not your typical roster shot.
You can see the rib-edge panels attached for the new-image logo and the
reporting marks. Westbound at Rollinsville (12/05/2008). |
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5-unit well car for doublestacks.
Number not legible in the photo, but definitely BNSF reporting marks.
Eastbound near Flagstaff (3/27/2008). |
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Santa Fe 3-bay ACF covered hopper, No. 313809, is spotted at Rincon on
5/09.2010. Still in its original paint scheme some 15 years after
the merger, it's looking good. |
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Three-bay ACF covered hopper No. 402085.
Wears the first merger herald (pre-2005). Westbound at Sulphur
(8/09/2007). |
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Three-bay ACF
covered hopper No. 422597, a 4650 cubic-foot capacity car in the
original merger scheme. It's spotted at Rincon on 5/09/2010. |
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Covered hopper No. 429452, rib-sided (P-S?).
Parked at Rincon, NM (8/15/2006) |
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2-bay covered hopper No. 406225 (ACF).
Used in soda ash service. Data reads: LD LMT 207900, LT WT 55100
(12/05/2008) |
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3-bay cylindrical hopper No. 479363,
northbound at Las Cruces (8/11/2009). Built by Trinity. |
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50-foot
modern boxcar 722726, in the new Wedge scheme. This car is seen on
UP's North Fork sub near Delta, CO on 4/16/2010. |
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BNSF
tri-level auto rack, riding on ETTX flatcar 711097. It's on a
westbound BNSF train at Belen, 10/30/2009. Original merger logo
applied to one end only, with no separate herald panel. |
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BNSF
tri-level auto rack, riding on ETTX flatcar 852848. It's on a
westbound BNSF train at Belen, 10/30/2009. Original merger logo
applied to both ends, with no herald panel. |
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Cabooses |
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ATSF
Caboose No. 999753. This cab is kept at Socorro, NM for use
as a shoving platform when switching the Dicaperl Minerals spur. The car
has been there for quite a while and is not protected in any way I could
see. Obviously the local taggers find it an easy mark.
Top: 3/4 view from the "lit" side
(12/04/2006). Note the side ladder. Car built by
International Car in the mid-1970s. Note that basically all
windows are covered in sheet metal.
Middle: From down-sun, we see the opposite
end. The car is usually left on the tail of the wye, which is also the
beginning of the spur track leading into town.
Bottom: Interior view. The car is not
locked or even closed, so I assume that nothing of value is stored (or
attached) within. |
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BN Caboose 12517. This car was kept in
Grand Junction (may still be there for all I know) for locals use.
Also built by International, but note the offset cupola-- likely built
in the mid-1960s. Top: on 11/11/2001.
Note that the lower side windows are plated (common practice amongst US
railroads from 1980 onward)l
Bottom: Spotted near the depot on Jan 5th,
2006. |
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Foreign Road and Private Owner Cars |
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These photos are of non-BNSF cars found on BNSF rails or on BNSF
trackage-rights trains. They help illustrate traffic patterns and
consists. |
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Cylindrical four-bay hopper, SIRX No. 465049 (Southern Illinois Railcar Company).
A second-hand car. Parked at Rincon, NM (8/15/2006) |
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Two-bay covered hoppers: three CITX ACF / ARI cars (221706, 221603,
221722) and a BNSF car by ACF with the Wedge scheme. These are
headed for the American Soda plant at Parachute. (12/05/2008) |
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Tanks: This photo shows the midsection of a westbound manifest at
Pinecliffe (12/5/2008). Visible are 13 funnel-flow-style tank cars
in the 65' range. |
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TILX
263159, carrying a logo for Louisiana Hot Sauce. One of the
coolest cars I've photographed, being switched at Belen on 10/30/2009.
23,000 gallons is a lotta hot sauce! (It's probably not carrying
the finished product, but I couldn't read any lettering on the car that
indicates what's actually inside. It could be the real thing.) |
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GATX 202901, anhydrous ammonia tank car. Eastbound at Byers
Canyon, CO. (8/09/2007) |
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UTLX 203061. The DOT placard reads "1203", indicating the car
hauls gasoline. (Westbound at Sulphur, CO, 8/09/2007) |
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UTLX 203108. The DOT placard "1993" indicates the car hauls diesel
fuel. (Westbound at Sulphur, CO, 8/09/2007) |
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Conrail
tri-level auto rack, riding on ETTX flatcar 905250, east of Scholle, NM
on July 20, 2002. |
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Norfolk
Southern tri-level auto rack, passing through Belen on July 19, 2002.
On ETTX flat 802572. |
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Bi-level
auto car, originally SP 516842 but now wearing UP colors, east of
Scholle on July 20, 2002. Also seen is a tri-level UP auto rack on ETTX flat 820984. |
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Tri-level
UP auto rack, on ETTX flat 802073, passing through Belen on July 19, 2002. |
