6 axle tank cars??

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

hey roland that is what i said yesterday![:D]

ttyyl dude

[Anonymous]

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.

Hey roalnd i took some pics of the unit i will post them on here today!

[edblysard]

By the way, the six axle trucks are claed "Buck eye" trucks...it is cast into the side frame!

Ed

[dldance]

thanks for the tanks - I have never seen the 6 axle tanks but I did see the 8 axle monster that is now at the Galveston RR Museum.

dd

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

Thats them!!!
THanks
man they are massive!

[ericsp]

Have look at the this website.

[edblysard]

http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/pvt-tank/celx/celx6420.jpg

Look something like these?
Did you get any reporting marks?

Ed

[John Krug]

I would suspect that they are at least 15 or more years old. I don't know of any recent manufacture of these cars. The industry doesn't like them too well. They have a tendency to go on the ground too easy. Dupont was one customer that had them. I don't remember the others.

[Anonymous]

today i saw 8 6 axle tank cars go through strong city about 6 this evening, they all had roofwalks too i have never seen these before?
Anybody have pics, i was not quick enough with the camera to take a pic train, the train was clipping along at a pretty good speed.
thanks
Daniel