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Jarrell's Show Me Something (6 - 24)

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 7:29 PM

BATMAN
How about a flat car with no load.

An empty parking lot...

 BnO_F89GH_Autorack by Edmund, on Flickr

Please show another car designed for a specific commodity.

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Posted by "JaBear" on Thursday, June 27, 2024 4:32 AM
As mentioned in the rambling build thread…
 
 
…CISX 500 was built specifically to transport ingot moulds between two Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co plants.
 
 CISX500 FD by Bear, on Flickr
 CSIX500 by Bear, on Flickr
 
Please show me another car designed for a specific commodity.
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, June 27, 2024 6:27 AM

Please show me another car designed for a specific commodity.

Other than its length, for the era, 74 feet, this PRR X30 looks like just about any other box car.

 PRR_X30-a by Edmund, on Flickr

The commodity was anything but ordinary, though. Only one car was built and its purpose was to transport American LaFrance ladder trucks from the Elmira, New York, factory to where ever the new owner accepted delivery.

 PRR_X30 by Edmund, on Flickr

https://jbritton.pennsyrr.com/index.php/tpm/blogs/latest-articles-blog/576-x30-box-car-information-for-modelers

More special commodity cars, please.

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, June 28, 2024 9:43 AM

gmpullman

More special commodity cars, please.

Longest box car I've seen in a while.

Here's a couple sisters that Good Ol' Kevin gifted me quite a few years ago.

Not exactly sure what commodities these cars would typically carry, but they sure stand out in a roster of freights.

Show me another Stratton & Gillette car please.

 

TF

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, June 29, 2024 7:58 PM

A quick day.  Anyone's choice.

TF

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, June 30, 2024 7:35 AM

Track fiddler
A quick day.  Anyone's choice.

For the last day in this June of 2024 some Erie Lackawanna action:

 EL RS3 1057 on Passenger by Edmund, on Flickr

 EL RS3 1057 Early Morning Stop by Edmund, on Flickr

Another passenger train, please.

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Posted by snjroy on Monday, July 1, 2024 9:44 AM

Oops, end of the month. See new thread.

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