grain cars

Those flat-sided hoppers are interesting - haven't seen any of those in this neck of the woods...

 

has there been a lot of movement of cars back up from mexico? seems like i heard there were problems with getting them back (maybe i heard on kcs yahoo group or somewhere else). here in oklahoma there has been a severe shortage of grain cars. farmrail has been out and some elevators have been piling wheat outside.

 

Here are a couple of the newer Cargil cars.

 

I did some late night train spotting downtown last night and there was a whole train of empty grain cars waiting under the bridge I was on.It's cool to still see those old rib side cars.

Here is a picture of the bridge. It's fully handi capped access so it's an awesome spot to watch trains from, if access is an issue for you. And you get a beautiful view of Union Station at night this way too.
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[ 14. June 2004, 19:40: Message edited by: traingeekboy ]

 

that ought to be a really cool deal. of course, if the thought police don't keep trying people from railfanning

 

with all the talk about Railfanning crackdowns how many of you have had the police harrass you?

 

i personally have had no problems, but i don't go much either. i can see part of bnsf avard sub from the office window

 

Hemi and Martyn,
I got my 2001 BN Freight Guide out. That photo is a 1994 Johnstown America grain hopper. The BN series is 485020-485029 according to my book. That's only 10 units, that seems kinda odd.

Robert