QUOTE: Originally posted by corwinda I see SRY boxcars going to a paper mill in Springfieald OR (on UP) for loads from time to time. Also lots of them going through on the main line.
QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy There was another thread about this just recently, something in regards to "Rate of pay" or something.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy QUOTE: Originally posted by modorney This was done a few decades back. http://www.trainweb.org/mccloudrails/Equipment/Boxcars.html Here's how it worked. A small shortline "bought" a few hundred boxcars. They immediately (with a leasing company) found dentists and other investors to pony up 40 grand, or so, for their own boxcar. In regards to that link, I wrongly assumed at "MR" was a reporting mark of Montana RailLink, it is in fact a reporting mark of the McCloud Railway Company. That's interesting to me because I see the "MR" reporting mark all the time in my area on boxcars. Interesting.[8D] Some of them come fairly frequently to Scholle in Merced, CA. It seems like they usually go empty to Port Coquitlam, BC. I think they must be bringing down cardboard. They seem to be in the same group with a bunch of SRY and BNSF boxcars. I have notice FBOX in there also. I wonder if these MR boxcars have ever been on McCloud Railroad?
QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy QUOTE: Originally posted by modorney This was done a few decades back. http://www.trainweb.org/mccloudrails/Equipment/Boxcars.html Here's how it worked. A small shortline "bought" a few hundred boxcars. They immediately (with a leasing company) found dentists and other investors to pony up 40 grand, or so, for their own boxcar. In regards to that link, I wrongly assumed at "MR" was a reporting mark of Montana RailLink, it is in fact a reporting mark of the McCloud Railway Company. That's interesting to me because I see the "MR" reporting mark all the time in my area on boxcars. Interesting.[8D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by modorney This was done a few decades back. http://www.trainweb.org/mccloudrails/Equipment/Boxcars.html Here's how it worked. A small shortline "bought" a few hundred boxcars. They immediately (with a leasing company) found dentists and other investors to pony up 40 grand, or so, for their own boxcar.
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