Freight Cars, Just Freight Cars

Grey One Jan 1, 2024

  1. Grey One

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    It would be great! If folks could share pictures of just freight cars. No locomotives and no cabooses. I recognize this could be a very boring and unimportant thread to some.
    I don't have access to any at this time.
    Who will be the first?
    Let's see your prototype pics of freight cars.
     
  2. Sepp K

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    Something quick to get the ball rolling on New Year's Day. Wyomissing JCT, 2023 08 28.
     
  3. Hardcoaler

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    Plug Door/Sliding Door PGER 40220 and Plug Door CO 483522, both at Barrington, IL in 1975.

    1970s Mid BOXCAR PGE 40220 Barrington IL - for upload.jpg

    1970s Mid BOXCAR CO 483522 - for upload.jpg
     
  4. Grey One

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    @Sepp K Thanks! For being the first! on the First. I actually really like that car 'body'.
    @Hardcoaler Thank you! for the Pics. I have always liked the Chessie logo for its creativeness. I have found that in a line up of logos that women in general will select the 'Chessie' over the CP Multi Mark and others. ♣
     
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    Plug Door NP 97632 and Double Door PC 267440, both at Barrington, IL in 1975.

    1970s Mid BOXCAR NP 97632 Barrington IL - for upload.jpg

    1970s Mid BOXCAR PC 267440 Barrington IL - for upload.jpg
     
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    SCL 40155 at Montgomery, AL in March 1988 and NS 2208 at Dothan, AL in June 1988.

    1988-03 BOXCAR SCL Montgomery AL - for upload.jpg

    1988-06-18 BOXCAR NS Dothan AL - for upload.jpg
     
  7. Grey One

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    @Hardcoaler What a great collection.

    Edit: So many cars from 'pre-graffitti' days.
    at 15yo I took the SCL from NYC to Orland - by myself. What an adventure.
    The NP Yin Yang has become important to the family as the 14yo is closing in on his Kung Fu red belt.
     
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    CNW 132638 at Attalla, AL and BM 76006 at Harrisburg, PA, both in April 1989.

    1989-04-01 GONDOLA CNW Attalla AL - for upload.jpg

    1989-04-03 002 BOXCAR BM Harrisburg PA - for upload.jpg
     
  9. Hardcoaler

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    Thank you. When I was a young teen, I shot them to fill time between trains, but as I grew older, I realized that the classic roads were falling away and it was time to capture as many as I could. The rise of graffiti largely put an end to my interest in freight cars, unless new such as @Sepp K captured.
     
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    WAB 33044 and BAR 8814, both at Howells Interlocking in Atlanta, GA. The WAB from January 1989 and the BAR from August 1992.

    1989-01-28 COVHOP WAB Howells [Atlanta] GA - for upload.jpg

    1992-08-22 BOXCAR BAR Howells [Atlanta] GA - -for upload.jpg
     
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    PHD 2016 at Barrington, IL in March 1979 and WP 11793 at Montgomery, AL in March 1985.

    1979-03-24 BOXCAR PHD Barrington IL - for upload.jpg

    1985-03-10 COVHOP WP Montgomery AL - for upload.jpg
     
  12. Sepp K

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    July 2023, Wernersville, PA. I try to get faded lettering but rarely succeed this well.
     
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    Inbound wood fibre to paper mills in the form of chips going over the hump in ACL 84298 [Aug 1983 at Waycross, GA] and shortwood in a former A&WP woodrack [Aug 2002 at Atlanta, GA].

    1983-08 HOPPER ACL Waycross GA - for upload.jpg

    2002-08-17 WOODRACK AWP Atlanta GA - for upload.jpg
     
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    Feb. 2003 - Atlanta GA
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    Do autoracks count? - Feb 28 2004 - Elizabeth GA
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    Both pics, SP trains, Antelope Valley CA. Cotton Belt Center Flows.jpg
     
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    On an SP west, Mojave CA. CNW hoppers.jpg
     
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    Covered gon and friends, SP Palmdale Jct, Palmdale CA. SP covered gon Palmdale.jpg
     

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