I work at a oil refinery in Wilmington, Ca. My trainwatching is usually container freight going in and out of the harbor. However is just saw what looked like new or rebuilt passenger cars being pulled by a BNSF engine. One of them was named RATON PASS. I was too startled to get the names of the other cars. There were no passengers. Does anyone have an idea what was going on?
Here is a photo and list of that string of 1950s-era now-BNSF passenger cars:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:onFIiqXQ0JMJ:www.flickr.com/photos/hunter1828/1563143087/+%22raton+pass%22+and+%22passenger+car%22&cd=23&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
What are those cars used for? They were a refreshing change to see on the same track that is primarily container traffic.
BNSF (inspection) business train, train to smooze with brass, customers and politicians about the workings of railroad and projects funding.
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