kendrink bellamy Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 also, I think these guys are already extinct. The extended height cars still seem to be rolling around, but no more mini-ridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Messican Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 You bring up a good car.^ It never crossed my mind but I dont see XTRX Lambs anymore. :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~>MooseKnuckle<~ Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 thanks for the fliks kendrick. those PHDs with the right side numbers are classic. wonder if any of them are still around in transit. the BAR heritage scheme with the MMA marks are dope too. wonder if its runnin or just a novelty: here is me and my boy chillin in an old crusty ass one one back in 98. shits probably in boxcar hell by now. and i saw a lamb about 2 years ago...come to think of it it was an xs height. i saw that lamb weston logo on some frozen hashbrowns in walmart once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmyrtlex Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 ashley drew northerns new orleans public belt chicago northwestern pickens railroad berlin mills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunterGrass Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Fr8slayer just posted a New Orleans Public Belt RR on line in a Metalheads thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 looks like another small line bit the dust. I caught a HUUUUUGE line of CJPX flats at the yard today. they look like those MET flats (big brown flats with two plug-doors and hardly any bars) but it wasnt MET. The whole line was crushed, including lots of NJ people. I know a few lines had cars like these, but I cant remember names. CJPX is a GE leasing company, and the stamps were fresh. this line was seriously like 50-60 cars long, all the same type. I'll have photos in metalheads in a bit. the graff is still running strong, but I dont think the cars will be showing up in the same areas any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael savage Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 ese...i've got a line of about sixty up,mp,sp flats and mini-ridges that have been slowly collecting from my yard sitting in front of my house for the last two plus months. also, about three hours north from me is around 40 upfe's that are soon to be no more. i've been fortunate to watch a particular yard for a long time and have seen cars that were labeled retired show back up a year later or more still carrying stuff around. my point is that the railroads motives arent always to end a cars life but to evaluate it and do what they can to maximize the life left. i bet some of the nj people on those flats are happier than hell that those things are going to end up somewhere else...i know that if i never saw another golden west ridge i wouldnt shed a tear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistikFunk Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 11_19_07 Chessies cats are still running threw here (Chicago) A handful Green Penn centrals surived & are now KELX Hydracusions & Cotton belts are still running (Chicago) CNW flats & CNW autopartz flats still runnin..(Chicago) A handful Rock island cars still runnin..(Chicago) Many Milwaukee Roads cars stilll runnin.(Chicago) CP Pacman & QGRYs cars are still running strong threw here & at North Fondulac Wisconsin.. iIf you want to catch alot of good older cars The CN is the road that runs em hard!! Note: the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad is the King of old cars- they have every Assortment of Classics rolling stock... The place to see ALOT of these nice oldies is in Green Bay Wisconsin... Also, just because you see huge lines of cars In a line dosent mean they are off to the scapper.. I traced cars I seen before In the deadline & the trace said the cars were in constructive placement and storage.. I then seen them back in service with new touched up paint and fabricated welded spots of steel.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~>MooseKnuckle<~ Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 ^^so sick with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 I'm seeing the Berlin Mills rollin' thru Georgia, about 4-5 the last few months. What about Milwaukee Road boxcars? or those old St. Marinette Tomahawk and Western boxes? Missouri Pacifics are dope catches too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~>MooseKnuckle<~ Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 i havent watched trains in a minute - over a year. the last milwaukee road i saw was an airslide in 99. wanted to get it but it was in the light. MPs are dope. ever see any Western Pacifics? St. Marinette Tomahawk and Westerns are pretty vintage. cant recall ever seeing one in person, ive seen models tho. not familiar with berlin mills logo either. funny thing is when i did a google search for berlin mills railroad this came up....kind of ironic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesecurd Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 I'm seeing the Berlin Mills rollin' thru Georgia, about 4-5 the last few months. What about Milwaukee Road boxcars? or those old St. Marinette Tomahawk and Western boxes? Missouri Pacifics are dope catches too. there's still some milwaukee road hi-cubes with MDW reporting marks floating around with the IBT's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted December 1, 2007 Author Share Posted December 1, 2007 there were some extra-haggard looking CSX hoppers in the yard yesterday. caught flix of one of them with the old B&O capitol dome logo still running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dirty Messican Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I see berlin mills too. I seen two the other day. And I seen the tomahawk what what ever too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 11_19_07 Chessies cats are still running threw here (Chicago) A handful Green Penn centrals surived & are now KELX Hydracusions & Cotton belts are still running (Chicago) CNW flats & CNW autopartz flats still runnin..(Chicago) A handful Rock island cars still runnin..(Chicago) Many Milwaukee Roads cars stilll runnin.(Chicago) CP Pacman & QGRYs cars are still running strong threw here & at North Fondulac Wisconsin.. iIf you want to catch alot of good older cars The CN is the road that runs em hard!! Note: the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad is the King of old cars- they have every Assortment of Classics rolling stock... The place to see ALOT of these nice oldies is in Green Bay Wisconsin... Also, just because you see huge lines of cars In a line dosent mean they are off to the scapper.. I traced cars I seen before In the deadline & the trace said the cars were in constructive placement and storage.. I then seen them back in service with new touched up paint and fabricated welded spots of steel.. whole lines rarely means scrapper actually, more so, whole lines of specific cars rarely mean scrap, generally means storage. Constructive placement is just a way that the railraod can make money when cars sit, large paper places and what have you order so many cars that they cant hold, and the railroad charges them to have them held up but not in use, shit like that. Like everyting else, it comes in season, paper season being hardest in the early months of a year, so middle part of the year shit gets stored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeithappennn Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I want one soo bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Heres some logos I caught rolling, the hoppers were in their original paint except for CSXT stamps... I love catching old logos from raillines of the past... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Heres some interesting flix I've taken over the past 6 months... Berlin Mills, the second one didn't leave the spot untouched... Retired Solid Gold, now a CSX Storage car at the yards in Atlanta: Dope older UP flatty still rollin' with the "We Can Handle it" logo SP Autoparts boxcar caught rollin' Abandoned Chessie System flatty left spotted at a warehouse, makes you think if the RR just forgot about it or if the warehouse bought it for extra storage? Check this out, an old Penn Central boxcar that went to CSX after the Conrail splitup, fitted with a rollup door and personnel door, this car is used in M.O.W. service on CSX... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentone Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 i saw 2 berlin mills restamped AGR a few months ago. that SP autoparts car is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waseface Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 i suppose youse guys might enjoy these.. not very good pictures.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nr272 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 11_19_07 Chessies cats are still running threw here (Chicago) A handful Green Penn centrals surived & are now KELX Hydracusions & Cotton belts are still running (Chicago) CNW flats & CNW autopartz flats still runnin..(Chicago) A handful Rock island cars still runnin..(Chicago) Many Milwaukee Roads cars stilll runnin.(Chicago) . It's amazing that some of those cars are still going around with their original paint even 30+ years after they went out of business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 peep it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~>MooseKnuckle<~ Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 damn, cant believe that thing is still there. isnt that track damaged? even if they wanted to move it they couldnt. and now that i am seeing them berlin mills cars i have see those before...a bunch of times. the B&O dome logos are still runnin around. A lot of short hoppers near me so i see all that kind of shit. lots of chessie short hopper csxt restamps too. MKTs you name it. if its a shortie i have seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~>MooseKnuckle<~ Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 peep it thats redonkulious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 as far as i have seen, wsor is the only short line still doing interesting things to their cars oh, and of course pan am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mista Jostah Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 WSOR are damn fresh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Clothesoff Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baLLeRplAyA Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 saw this logo going by, the car was restamped as bnsf. so i was wondering what was up with these gems? anyone still see them around? and heres another bit of eye candy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fech Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 this is a really cool thread. i came looking for info on EEC's and i found it. i painted an EEC car that had been beat to shit, but was just freshly repainted 11-07. but i looked up the reporting marks and though it only ran near erie PA. it was teh first time i had seen an EEC and since then ive hit another and benched quite a few. and most are old red or blue cars that had been restamped. so i was wondering if they are still shortline or not. but i dont think those are on the endangared list cause i caught one that was rebuilt that recently.... 50 more years for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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