Maybe not graffiti-free... but interesting nonetheless! I saw this in my Chutes-Ste-Ursule photos from April 2010, and then wondered, what's that LW reporting mark? Lakeland & Waterways? Nope... I looked it up: Louisville & Wadley Railway! Created in 1872, the 10-mile feeder line bought up by the Central of Georgia in 1898, and sold off in 1961. It's still classified as a railroad, even if it seems abandoned. There's an operational SW1 on the property but it's "landlocked" and not going anywhere. They lease cars now.
Thanks! I see a lot of different reporting marks on freight cars going through my photos and while watching the (very addictive) rail cams. Some get my curiosity up - especially the ones that don't end in "X". It's fun to look them up and get that "oh, so that's what that is!" feeling. Even then, I see some oddballs like a spray-painted patch on one end of a TBOX car that was misspelled as TOBX...
There must have been an over stock of white paint. Have seen a good number of racks recently in clean white paint. Jan. 21, 2024 SLFC 307422 SLFC 307421 TTGX 709169 with a new CPKC logo
One train I see every time I go to Saginaw TX is a UP rock train. I'm fascinated with these cars and if I ever get a 3d printer, I'm thinking I will be making a train of these. Here's a sample. Jan. 20, 2024 MWAX 8045 MWAX 5779 MWAX 8033 MWAX 8192 MWAX 3961
These pipe loads on flats are always cool. Delta LA Jan. 17, 2024 PTTX 142784 PTTX 142642 PTTX 142051 PTTX 136171 PTTX 142827
@BNSF FAN Great examples. I love the colors. @SP 9811 Gottal love pipe loades and this may be my first view of actual railroads vs models. Thanks! Guys. Edit: I'll be using these pics as samples for my own loads. I like the 'straps' which might be easier to model with thread than stakes.
I was delivering east of Barstow Ca. along the 40 and saw quite a few bright white autoracks on the BNSF. They were attention getters for sure.
