Overtime 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 why would they not be a short line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendrink bellamy Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 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? According to Wikipedia: "In 1970 the Great Northern, together with the Northern Pacific, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway merged to form the Burlington Northern Railroad, today part of the BNSF Railway." Some restamped GNs are still in service--mainly woodchip gondolas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baLLeRplAyA Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 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 i i just caught these today...i see a lot of really awesome restamped EECs some still have the original paint. these things get around for sure though. this one is mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 allow me to solve the eec mystery. EEC is East Erie Commercial Railroad. This isnt just any shortline, it is 100% owned by GE, and serves the GE Locomotive plant in erie. Now this alone wouldnt explain the amount of cars they own, but it seems like they are using the line as a proxy for the GE leasing service. Instead of operating the cars under the leasing company reporting marks (NACX, NADX, NAFX, etc.) owning this railroad allows them to operate the cars as regular rolling stock owned by east erie. I cant explain exactly why they would do this, but I suspect it has allot to do with some of the weirder operating, taxation, and duty rules that apply to the industry. I found a partial list of railroads who have old cars bought out by EEC: Ashley, Drew and Northern Atlantic and Western Berlin Mills Railway British Columbia Railroad FMC Chemicals Hutchinson Northern Lamoille Valley Lapeyrouse Grain Corporation Michigan Elevator Exchange Marinette, Tomahawk and Western Milwaukee Road Mississippi Export New Orleans Public Belt North, Louisiana and Gulf Pillsbury St. Mary's Railraod Valdosta Southern West Central Grain Corporation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 they make money for every car that is loaded, same reason gvsr owns 509283590 cars, but like 12 miles of track, or hs owning cars but no tracks, it makes them money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoastBeefPuddyFlaps Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 this is a great thread. I will find photos to contribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fech Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 why would they not be a short line? maybe i dont understand things still. but if their a short line from PA then what are they doing all the way over on the west coast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentone Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 just because the company that owns the car is from PA dosen't mean it can't leave the state. boxcars travel all over the US. even into canada and mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 maybe i dont understand things still. but if their a short line from PA then what are they doing all the way over on the west coast? if a customer is on, lets say eec, and they load a car with paper rolls, the customer sells that product to say california, then they ship that car to california, the railroad who recieves it, when the customer empties it, they send it back to eec in the north, thats fairly simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Messican Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Im going to call you comma man. :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 ,thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fech Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 i get it now.... and another dumb question... anyone wanna descibe pooling to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~>MooseKnuckle<~ Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 from the FAQ section of CSX.com Q. What is the North American Boxcar Pool? A. This is a railroad industry - wide effort to create greater asset availability by combining cars owned by various railroads into one large pool, used by its participating members. in abbreviated laymans terms it is why you see all types of cars on one line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podrido Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 these arent boxes but i thought it be a good contribution. saw these while benching the other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InE...HcA Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 well whats good my dudes...i stumbled across this thread and seen some crazy shit in it...i got restamps out the ass...god bless eec and hs if it wasn't for those lines i would never have gotten any of these flix im about to show you....most of these are from hard disk and never seen before thank mf doom and magic hat for the flix...holla at me --->AM<---one kool cat...i always play to win.... [ATTACH]76440.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]76441.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]76442.vB[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InE...HcA Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 [ATTACH]76443.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]76444.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]76445.vB[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InE...HcA Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 [ATTACH]76446.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]76447.vB[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InE...HcA Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 i got alot more but i dont wanna waste time if no one will appreciate what i contributed to this thread...i live for restamps....get at me....one...--->AM<--- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fech Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 i got alot more but i dont wanna waste time if no one will appreciate what i contributed to this thread...i live for restamps....get at me....one...--->AM<--- i appreciate them.... post them in metal heads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baLLeRplAyA Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 no doubt...those EECs and HS are keeping some real gems in circulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Clothesoff Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 appriciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scare Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I caught this chessie boxcar in detroit right by greenfield village... there was also some interesting cars wrapped in plastic... looked like they were going to be restored then forgotten... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey cheese Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 WOW A PINK TRAIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overtime Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 extinct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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2-C+C-2 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 A nice car ruined by some toy bullshit graffiti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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