From 03/31/1979 at Knoxville, TN, month-old per diem car LEF&C 1290, built 02/1979. The little road is gone today, abandoned in the early 1990s.
A couple from the "home" team, Reading & Northern. 7229 is ex-Reading Co., and the other hopper is ex-Pennsylvania Power & Light. For RBMN 11006. the paint seemed so fresh, it was like a modeler had shook it out of the box and placed it on the track. NS 14Z, 2024 January 11
Former SP liquid sugar tanks, now for water service. Built in and around 1942. Seen here at Tehachapi CA, in the early 1990's.
Let's count the domes. I guess one each for Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel, Bordeaux and Merlot.
Some domestic containers and the marker roll East today on NS 28X, headed for northern New Jersey at Wyo JCT.
From August 1990, SBD 201497 at Montgomery, AL. I don't recall seeing a whole lot of SBD cars. The road's life was rather short.
All tanked up and nowhere to go... Nicely preserved Casco CSTX 22, Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario, Smiths Falls, ON, August 2013.
From 03/04/1978 at Knoxville, TN, spanking new MNJ 120927 had been built just the month before, complete with a Hennessy wheel. This car was one of 500 leased by the road when per diem boxcar mania was in vogue. The M&NJ's history is a complex one, getting its start in the 1860s as the Middletown, Unionville & Water Gap RR. The M&NJ remains today, much enlarged and owned by Regional Rail LLC.
WOW! This thread got away from me. Beautiful shots everyone! I will have to re-review this thread. The pics are delightful!
A BOGO deal for y'all: CP heavy-duty depressed-center flat car and CP work service boxcar. Exporail, 2010.
