Happy Holidays all. I was going to add a new picture today, but for some reason Railimages says I'm over my limit of 50MB...which I am, because I have 79MB of images uploaded, because I shouldn't have a limit at 50...or at least I didn't used to. So, that's a problem. While that's sorted out, So something I haven't posted in a while. Ever wonder how a chip car was loaded? Banks Or
Spirit of Grafton leading a empty coal train, out of Huntington,WV. Heading for its namesake city. Curtis
From April 1989 is this low-rez Kodachrome taken at Gallitzin, PA behind AR Tower. We're at the summit of the PRR's mainline over the Alleghenies and helpers are moving on a loop track, headed downgrade for another push. At one time, the PRR had an extensive engine facility here.
While the topic of chip loaders has been broached, here is a very simple one at Fortine, Montana. Just back the truck up and dump directly into the rail car:
Here are three from 12/21/18: UP#5587 in Roanoake, Tx. BNSF#6672 leaning into the curve in Sanger, Tx UP#7081 with a northbound tank train in Denton, Tx. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
