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QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/pvt-tank/celx/celx6420.jpg Look something like these? Did you get any reporting marks? Ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by RLHainey Dan, the CN 5414 is a SD 50f. This is according to the CN Locomotive Roster. I cannot remember what you had said yesterday. Looks like they moved the unit a little further east near a crossing so that the bigger repair trucks could have better access to the front end. I don't have any idea what repairs were being made. I drove up as close as I dared without interferring and then turned around and left.
QUOTE: Originally posted by RLHainey By chance do you know what repairs were going on? They were replacing any electrical or tractive parts. Looks like it may have been something around the coupler/drawbar area.
Originally posted by edblysard http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/pvt-tank/celx/celx6420.jpg Look something like these? Did you get any reporting marks? Ed Boy!! That's some kinda tank car! Boxcar Willy. Reply cefinkjr Member sinceOctober 2004 From: Allen, TX 1,320 posts Posted by cefinkjr on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:36 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp Have look at the this website. That web site looks like a winner in a Most Narrowly Defined Web Site contest ("A web site about six- and eight-axle tank cars"). Or is there a web site devoted to cast iron flanged wheels (but not axles) or maybe just traction motor support bearings? [:D][:D] Chuck ChuckAllen, TX Reply adrianspeeder Member sinceMarch 2002 From: Harrisburg PA / Dover AFB DE 1,482 posts Posted by adrianspeeder on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:37 PM Still pretty cool though, made it to my bookmark list. Adrianspeeder USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:14 PM Well, The whale belly web site is one used by modelers looking for prototype photos...A friend of mine must have thousands of photos of a Cargill Corn Syrup tank car, a specific type, along with builders elevations and numerous measurements he made,,, and his design is now in production by Atlas...its on their "New Products" website. By the way, he is a Trains forum member... Look at the model page on the website and you can see the work of some of the folks.. Ed 23 17 46 11 Reply adrianspeeder Member sinceMarch 2002 From: Harrisburg PA / Dover AFB DE 1,482 posts Posted by adrianspeeder on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:28 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Well, The whale belly web site is one used by modelers looking for prototype photos...A friend of mine must have thousands of photos of a Cargill Corn Syrup tank car, a specific type, along with builders elevations and numerous measurements he made,,, and his design is now in production by Atlas...its on their "New Products" website. Look at the model page on the website and you can see the work of some of the folks.. Ed You handle any of those Ed? Adrianspeeder USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 7:19 PM All the time... http://rwhales.railstuff.net/GATX/GATX_94688_MMP.htm big bombs on wheels... GCOR say I can only let two loads roll free at a time...gee, wonder why! Ed 23 17 46 11 Reply TrainFreak409 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: Dallas, GA 2,643 posts Posted by TrainFreak409 on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:32 PM I always did like the big, unusual freight cars. I wish we got some of them through western Maryland. [sigh] Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:47 PM Most of the whales carry refinery product...LPG, butadiene, propane...unless you have a user there, odds are you won’t see one...they stay around here, Louisiana and California a lot... Ed 23 17 46 11 Reply TH&B Member sinceJuly 2003 964 posts Posted by TH&B on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:50 PM I like them too, I used to see them around Niagra Falls NY, but I never see them any more ;-( Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 9:21 PM ....I have seen 6-axle tank cars roll through Muncie, In. here back when our double track east / west line was Conrail. Haven't noticed any recently and since it now is CSX. There may still be some but I have not seen any for some time now..... Quentin Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:25 PM Usually 2 to 6 CELX cars are on NS 111 from Louisville, Ky to Danville, KY. Not sure of their origin, destination, or contents. They are quite a sight to see! Reply Edit CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:18 AM I haven't seen one up my way in ages! I think you'll find these cars (or whichever series of such cars you usually see) on the same routes all the time, hauling the same commodity from one origin to one destination (and returning empty). Hard to believe that we Chicagoans miss out on most, if not all, of these movements, but it's not hard to visualize Houston as being a focal point for such cars. Carl Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!) CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM) Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:02 AM mononfan....they gotta use 6 axle trucks because of the weight of that commodity and subdivision weight restrictions. if i remember right, those cars are full of acid. Reply Edit 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp Have look at the this website.
ChuckAllen, TX
USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Well, The whale belly web site is one used by modelers looking for prototype photos...A friend of mine must have thousands of photos of a Cargill Corn Syrup tank car, a specific type, along with builders elevations and numerous measurements he made,,, and his design is now in production by Atlas...its on their "New Products" website. Look at the model page on the website and you can see the work of some of the folks.. Ed
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
Quentin
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
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