I couldn't even begin to say how much I envy your 2 year old right now... Now for those who like see freight cars from fallen flags, here's one flag that fell a long, long time ago: CGR was one of the floundering predecessors that became a part of Canadian National. This wood box car was built just a few years before CN came to be.
New delivery routes at work put me in the right place at the right time twice this week. First I caught a rental unit crossing Rt 30 in New Oxford, PA on CSX D-795 Then, D-795 again, a few days later I caught SD40-2 CSX #8100 leading thru Hanover, PA
The way that track shows in foreground, is this some sort of interlocking? Or is it just the camera angle?
It is on a siding that goes up a hill to an industrial customer. (United States Steel Tubular Products) https://maps.google.com/maps?q=29.8...541,-96.21469&sspn=0.001019,0.001414&t=h&z=17
yes, the silver isn't any better. The unit faces east and you can see the fading is worse on the south side.
7 Ex-UP boxcars sitting at the end of a line, in the middle of a field, near nothing railroad related. Location is near Columbia, PA along Rt 30. Been here for over 4 months
http://www.abandonedrails.com/Reading_and_Columbia_Railroad Apparently, some of this line has been reactivated to serve a scrap yard. UPDATE: I found out via a post else where the said scrap yard has the job of torching the cars for scrap. Imagine that.
It was built in August 1918. (or March, the month number is split right on the edge between two boards...)
