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Unusual Container
Posted by dcsunderland on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 11:02 AM

My nephew saw a flatcar in the BNSF yard in Denver that had as he put it 3 treasure chests loaded on it. Any idea what these containers would be carrying?

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Posted by Miningman on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 11:07 AM

First chest--The legendary and 'buried in a barn' perpetual motion machine. 

Second chest--The formulae for cold fusion

Third Chest-- What they're looking for in Oak Island. Futile because here it is. 

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 11:11 AM

If the containers look anything like those pictured below - it is treasure in route to be buried.

Trash going to a landfill.

 

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Posted by dcsunderland on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 11:25 AM

They were about that long but had an arched top. 

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 11:40 AM

dcsunderland
They were about that long but had an arched top. 

There are a number of companies involved in 'trash transportation'.  Seems like each have their own design of containers.

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Posted by caldreamer on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 12:04 PM

Now you know where Jimmy Hoffa is.  On the train to Trumps Palm Beach Resort, so he can get a nice sun tan.

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 12:17 PM

the barn "containers" are probably the military and civilian aircraft fuselage bodies going between Wichita and Seattle (Boeing) .... a slight bit larger than a sea-can.

 

Common sight around here. (along with big stuff like 737 bodies, wings and windmill blades) ... The stuff tends to sit in clear view of the yard tower if it is not moving for security reasons and to keep them away from switching.

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 12:46 PM

mudchicken
the barn "containers" are probably the military and civilian aircraft fuselage bodies going between Wichita and Seattle (Boeing) .... a slight bit larger than a sea-can. 

Common sight around here. (along with big stuff like 737 bodies, wings and windmill blades) ... The stuff tends to sit in clear view of the yard tower if it is not moving for security reasons and to keep them away from switching.

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 7:12 PM

If they were smaller containers, hopefully they do not say "EPIC" on the sides.

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Posted by Backshop on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 7:24 PM

Small, curved top, treasure chests?  That doesn't sound like containers to me, at all.  I bet they were covered coil steel flatcars.

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Posted by dcsunderland on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 8:42 PM

They were not coil cars.  I know what they look like.  These were small, less than 20' containers with arched tops. I tried posting a picture but it wouldn't post.

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Posted by samfp1943 on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 10:36 PM

mudchicken

the barn "containers" are probably the military and civilian aircraft fuselage bodies going between Wichita and Seattle (Boeing) .... a slight bit larger than a sea-can.

 

Common sight around here. (along with big stuff like 737 bodies, wings and windmill blades) ... The stuff tends to sit in clear view of the yard tower if it is not moving for security reasons and to keep them away from switching.

Here is a link to one of the Boeing Rail Cars: These cars are used to protect aircraft tail surface element and other potentially damagable part in transit. They open like a 'clam-shell' and are loaded and unloaded with overhead cranes,

Linked @ https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/fileSendAction/fcType/0/fcOid/8047031356152516/filePointer/8047031356152542/fodoid/8047031356152531/imageType/LARGE/inlineImage/true/011.JPG

Then there is this other style of car: linked @

http://faculty.tamuc.edu/jdavis/railroad/image/jj079-11-Boeing.jpg

The 737 models of aircraft are completed at Spirit Aviation Systems here in Wichita; partially completed fuselages, are loaded onto specially equipped flat cars[ generally, have a 'guard' rial structure on the cockpit end, and a spacer flatcar on the tail end, some of those cars will have a compartment on that end to hold various parts for the aircraft.  

The 737 [and its variants, to include the Navy's Poseiden [P-8 & 8A]; since about 1965 have made their 'first flights' from Wichita to Renton Wa. on a train. 

  Some of  the Boeing Rail Fleet was also used to transport the 747 cockpit sections to their final assy. in Everett,Wa. 

Not sure how much of their current aircraft parts go by rail to the South Carolina plant?

 

 

 


 

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Posted by csxns on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 3:18 PM

samfp1943
Not sure how much of their current aircraft parts go by rail to the South Carolina plant?

Are their any tracks to the plant looking at google maps can't find any.

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Posted by Kevin C. Smith on Thursday, March 7, 2019 2:31 PM

dcsunderland
My nephew saw a flatcar in the BNSF yard in Denver that had as he put it 3 treasure chests loaded on it. Any idea what these containers would be carrying



Well, if they looked like treasure chests, maybe they were...treasure?

After all, somone just turned in a $1.5 billion lottery ticket. Maybe they took it in cash?

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Posted by Backshop on Thursday, March 7, 2019 2:55 PM
  • First his nephew saw them and just described them and then he's got pictures but can't post them.  Sounds strange...
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Posted by Paul of Covington on Thursday, March 7, 2019 3:32 PM

dcsunderland
I tried posting a picture but it wouldn't post.

   Is it just this picture that is a problem?   Have you seen this post in the Model Railroader forum?

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/249194.aspx

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Posted by dcsunderland on Thursday, March 7, 2019 3:40 PM

Backshop
  • First his nephew saw them and just described them and then he's got pictures but can't post them.  Sounds strange...
 

 

Since you want to get technical Backshop.

 

1. My nephew is 4 years old.

2. My sister texted me a crappy cell phone picture of it.

3. Trains Forum requires you to post pics somewhere else then on to here.

4. I'm not stupid, I know what the Boeing Cars and Coil Cars look like. These were different.

5. People like you are why I usually stay off these forums and railfan alone.

 

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Posted by rdamon on Friday, March 8, 2019 9:53 AM

For #3 I use ..

https://postimages.org/

 

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Posted by mbinsewi on Saturday, March 9, 2019 3:01 PM

dcsunderland
Since you want to get technical Backshop.   1. My nephew is 4 years old. 2. My sister texted me a crappy cell phone picture of it. 3. Trains Forum requires you to post pics somewhere else then on to here.

I suggest that if you want the car identified, and you haven't already found it on a long list of Google searches, than you need to post a picture.

It's not just you.  ALL of us that post pictures in this forum, and in the MR forums follow the same rules and procedures for posting pictures.

Now that we are all interested, please go post a picture!  I'd love to see what your nephew saw.

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Posted by Convicted One on Saturday, March 9, 2019 7:00 PM

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Third Chest-- What they're looking for in Oak Island. Futile because here it is.

They finally lost me this season. Too much meaningless filler, not enough substance. I'll wait for the Reader's Digest  condensed version to come out 

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Posted by Miningman on Saturday, March 9, 2019 7:05 PM

Convicted One-- Yeah no kidding. So frustrating. 

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Posted by samfp1943 on Saturday, March 9, 2019 7:47 PM

mudchicken

the barn "containers" are probably the military and civilian aircraft fuselage bodies going between Wichita and Seattle (Boeing) .... a slight bit larger than a sea-can.

 

Common sight around here. (along with big stuff like 737 bodies, wings and windmill blades) ... The stuff tends to sit in clear view of the yard tower if it is not moving for security reasons and to keep them away from switching.

MudChicken:

   They 'might'  also be the nacelles for the gearing, and blade controls for wind turbines ?     When they come through this area the nacelles seem to be paired,  on a single flat car.

The nacelless  seem to be shipped seperately from the blades, each type having their own trains.   Just a guess! Whistling 

Not to mention that the perspective of a four-year old is a lot different from that of an adult! 'Treasure chests' might not be too much of a 'reach' for a young'un Smile, Wink & Grin

 

 


 

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Posted by rdamon on Saturday, March 9, 2019 8:24 PM

My current guess is covered steel coil cars.

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Posted by zugmann on Sunday, March 10, 2019 1:45 AM

Miningman
Third Chest-- What they're looking for in Oak Island. Futile because here it is.

I've been to Oak Island.  Not much there I would describe as a "treasure".

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by Convicted One on Sunday, March 10, 2019 10:10 AM

zugmann
I've been to Oak Island.  Not much there I would describe as a "treasure".

Unless you are selling advertising.Clown

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Posted by Overmod on Sunday, March 10, 2019 4:44 PM

zugmann
Miningman
Third Chest-- What they're looking for in Oak Island. Futile because here it is.
 I've been to Oak Island.  Not much there I would describe as a "treasure".

 
I don't think he meant the real Oak Island, in Ironbound...
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Posted by cv_acr on Monday, March 18, 2019 9:27 AM

dcsunderland

4. I'm not stupid, I know what the Boeing Cars and Coil Cars look like. These were different.

5. People like you are why I usually stay off these forums and railfan alone.

With respect dcsunderland, no one has been able to pinpoint exactly what you're talking about from the description, so this is kind of a "this thread is useless without pictures" sort of situation.

 

I'm going to take one last stab at blind guessing though, but I have no idea what exactly was seen to know if this was it:

http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=ttcx90754&o=ttx

These weathertight sealed containers are used to transport contaminated earth or other environmentally hazardous dry materials. In this case, the "3170" placards indicate aluminum smelting byproducts with the blue colour of the placard indicating a hazard when wet - reacts badly to water.

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Posted by SD60MAC9500 on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:58 PM

Is this it dcsunderland?

Rahhhhhhhhh!!!!
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Posted by geoff64 on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 4:16 AM

Maybe if you can not get an answer here on this forum try contacting BNSF, or try a railfan forum like on www.railroad.net where they may be more serious about your question and actually give you an answer. 

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Posted by garyduggins on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 4:30 AM

Big Smilepirate gold

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