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Seattle and North Coast
Posted by KBCpresident on Saturday, December 23, 2023 10:11 PM

Is a really interesting railroad to me. Seems like a ratehr unique operation. 

But in my recent interest in per diem boxcars, I notice that they had several elaborately decorated boxcars of their own. I assumed they were per-diem cars, due to teh time period they were operating, but then I noticed many of the rare photos of the railroad in service showed these cars in use on home rails, and I know that they served two paper mills. So I'm starting to wonder if maybe they were bought not to cash in on theper diem craze, but just to ensure that a railroad as isolated as theirs would have a steady supply of boxcars on property.

Any thoughts or information?

(And of course, if anyone wants to discuss other aspects of this oddball , I'm up for that too.Smile)

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Posted by jeffhergert on Monday, December 25, 2023 5:56 PM

I believe the cars were acquired for on line business. Being at the end of a barge trip, probably not enough suitable box cars, or any at all, came their way. 

The railroad only lasted a few years.  I still see once in a while one of the boxcars, now with different reporting marks.  I recall fairly recently seeing cars with SNC marks.  After being dormant for 5 years, marks can be reused by someone else.  I haven't searched for who is using said marks.

Jeff 

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Posted by caldreamer on Monday, December 25, 2023 7:38 PM

The 2023 AAR reporting marks listing does not show anyone using the SNC reporting mark,

so for now it is unused by any railroad or company.

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Posted by zugmann on Monday, December 25, 2023 9:38 PM

jeffhergert
fter being dormant for 5 years, marks can be reused by someone else.  I haven't searched for who is using said marks.

I thought those marks were being used by the now gone Saratoga & North Creek?

 

 

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


  

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Posted by Erik_Mag on Tuesday, December 26, 2023 1:10 AM

5 of the 403 errors and counting...

The Seattle and North Coast lasted about 4 years with its demise precipitated by the loss of the carfloat slip at the Port of Seattle.

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Posted by jeffhergert on Tuesday, December 26, 2023 9:42 PM

zugmann

 

 
jeffhergert
fter being dormant for 5 years, marks can be reused by someone else.  I haven't searched for who is using said marks.

 

I thought those marks were being used by the now gone Saratoga & North Creek?

 

 

 

Forgive me being sidetracked the last day or two. The mark shoyld've been SNCT, left off the T by mistake.

I did do a check and the Rail Linc website shows an updated list (dated March of 2023) with SNCT still being assigned to the Seattle and North Coast.  This is highly unlikely.  I forget the type of car I saw the marks on, but it wasn't one of the boxcars in SNCT paint.  It seemed like a patch job. 

Jeff

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