If you have a iOS device you can copy and paste the photo on here with it being stored on iCloud. I can pro a more in depth guide if need be.
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TOM SAWYER4th car carrys real treasure. it is the lost treasure of rock island. lol
It has to be friendship. That's the greatest treasue of all.
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Miningman 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.
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.
I was thinking, maybe if someone is willing to share an email (through direct messages), work or personal, so you would be able to email them the picture, and then they could upload the picture to here.
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geoff64 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.
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.
I'm sure there are folks here who would be willing and able to provide an answer, but without a picture, it's kind of hard to pin it down. There's even someone here who may be able to give a general history of the car, or those like it, once it's identfied.
Attempts at humor notwithstanding, people are guessing, but apparently they have yet to guess correctly. If the OP can find a picture of a similar car on-line, they can usually post a link to that.
Hopefully if they do find an answer elsewhere, they'll share it here as well. Inquiring minds want to know.
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Is this it dcsunderland?
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.
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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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".
Miningman Third Chest-- What they're looking for in Oak Island. Futile because here it is.
zugmannI've been to Oak Island. Not much there I would describe as a "treasure".
Unless you are selling advertising.
MiningmanThird 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".
My current guess is covered steel coil cars.
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.
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!
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
Convicted One-- Yeah no kidding. So frustrating.
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
dcsunderlandSince 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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For #3 I use ..
https://postimages.org/
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.
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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dcsunderlandMy 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
samfp1943Not sure how much of their current aircraft parts go by rail to the South Carolina plant?
Russell
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?
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.
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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