This lumber load looks like it got its hair a bit mussed. Luckily it is on the way to its final destination. Last Tuesday, March 4.
Not a good picture, but for what it's worth, VTR 11068 at Knoxville in 1978. I can't quite make out the builder's date, either 1976 or 1978.
From 03/24/1979 at Barrington IL, HN 1018, built 09/1977. The Hutchinson Northern was a Kansas shortline.
Another per diem car found in May 1979 at Knoxville, CAGY 21581 is fresh out of the box at three months old.
While looking for info on the location of a photo my Dad took 60+ years ago, I found this on the Redpath Sugar history page: Anyone for an inconceivably humongous sugar buzz?
Not as nice as Hardcoaler's per diem cars, or as historic as Mike's Canadian tanker, an assortment of domestic containers head West at Wyo JCT in late winter, early morning sun today.
Two depressed center flatcar loads at Montgomery AL in April 1985. I can't make out the road name on them.
Excellent business choice! Producing a value-added product from low-cost ingredients. But better watch fer dem dang revenooers...
Those High/Wide loads would be a real pain, you would want them as close to the power as practical, so you could walk the loads past bridges and such, they do look heavy. And they dont look new at all. Another twist.
