What are some fallen flag freight cars or locos you've seen while railfanning recently? I don't mean recent mergers, like a BN hopper or a SP boxcar. I'm talking about railroads that haven't been around for 30 years- or more.
I'll start us off, I guess.
Recently I've seen a CE&I 70-ton hopper, an orange ex- Milwaukee Road covered hopper, and a light blue Great Northern woodchip gondola ( with the goat painted on the side!)
We often see Great Northern (1970) hoppers, and Rock Island (1980) box cars in our local yard. (UP)
They all appeared to be in good condition, with original livery and markings.
I guess this is appropriate for the thread, perhaps as a check off list for locos and cars you spot while railfanning.
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/
I saw a Great Northern "big sky blue" boxcar last year while I was on vacation in Montana. And yes, it was on the old GN mainline. I'm not sure if this is fallen flags enough, but a couple months ago, I also saw a Chessie covered hopper in Maryland from an Amtrak train (while, naturally, our train was on a siding waiting for the freight train to pass us).
Timothy
not sure if this is fallen enough, but I saw a cut of 4 NW boxcars on a siding near where I work. They were all numbered in the same series and were grafiti-free (for the most part). I thought it was unusual.....
There is an Erie-Lackawanna 40ft Boxcar, less trucks, in Worcester Mass, complete with diamond logo.
There is also a Union Pacific Outside Braced Boxcar as well... Conrail/Penn Central must not have cared to return it!
Just last week I saw a CNW Caboose being pulled all alone by a UP engine on their main line on the one end of town. On the other end of town sits a Soo line caboose used in a yard for the CP railworkers, or the yard workers of Railserve. This caboose gets moved alot, it can almost be a game as to where is the caboose parked this evening?
Of course there is the static display of Milw. Road cars and a caboose we call a Museum in town here.
We see alot of Chessie cars on the CP line, When I visit my Dad on the other side of the state we see alot of Northern Pacific & Great Northern cars.
Enjoy,
Barry
Does anyone have a current web site for identifying reporting marks? YW has a bunch of flat cars being stored--PEYX and AOK are what I can read from the freeway.
Glenn,
I found several, hope this helps.
http://www.pwrr.org/rrm/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_AAR_reporting_marks
http://www.nrhs.com/reporting_marks/index.html
What the heck, take your pick of a whole bunch. :D
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=aar+reporting+marks
I believe AOK is Arkansas & Oklahoma
I've personally seen an ex-Milwaukee Road gondola with the black and orange scheme with the big Milwaukee Road lettering. It was rusty, but she had here coat. Along with a patch out. I think I saw a bunch of old CN&W covered hoppers on KBS' line (Kankakee Beaverville Southern) line. They simply had the original scheme (Which was partly destroyed on some hoppers) with simply spray-can patch-outs! ;) If I'm not mistaken, I think I saw a boxcar in the GN Big Sky Blue scheme the other day. Not in good condition, but what does it matter?
That's what I have so far...
Josh
EDIT: Look at this, KBS has a bunch of re-painted fallen flags!
http://www.illinirail.com/kbsr/roster.htm
Thanks for the leads--found both lines. PCYX is "Transportaton Technology Services, Inc--No idea what they do--but there is a mile or more of their cars on the Yreka Western track south of the headquarters. YW gets so much per car per month for storing the cars--apparently until a scrapper is ready for them. Unlike the last batch of cars--ex PFE reefers, these don't have fuel tanks that have to be emptied--providing fuel for the 19.
gj
Bob: thanks for the websites regarding reporting marks as I have been looking for such a reference. If anyone sees a Newburgh, Dutchess & Connecticut RR car or Central New England Railway specimen please contact me immediately!!
Now for your next assignment: I am trying to find a copy (website?) that contains the entire freight car classification designations. I have a 2006 printout of a partial listing from Trains.com and would like to have the rest. One of the engineers, on our local railroad - Omnitrax, says there is a listing; but he can't remember where he saw it printed.
Many thanks,
Ray
Here are several sites on AAR classifications.
http://www.nakina.net/other/aartype.html
http://home.cogeco.ca/~trains/rraar79.htm
http://www.qazam.com/wheatkingsandpacific/aar.html
http://www.ovar.ca/Articles/aar_codes.htm
For a Google or other search engine, enter the following keywords:
AAR car codes
AAR freight car codes
AAR classification codes
AAR mechanical designations
AAR equipment register
Hope this helps
So I sit here wondering why I didn't write to Yampa Bob to start with...his storehouse of knowledge is amazing! Thanks Bob!! To be honest, I didn't know what to do a Google search under...AAR Mechanical Designations (duh). I don't know how I existed before forums (the electronic kind as I barely remember the Roman variety).
Much appreciation,
Ray
Central New England isn't a fallen flag...
Reporting marks are CNZR, and in addition to Geeps, they run A. J. Belliveau's NH RS1
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1459561
not too long ago i saw a csx hopper with c&o reporting marks. while csx isn't a fallen flag, i mention this because of the rarity. csx used the component railroad's reporting marks for about a year or so in 1986-1987 until their csxt mark was approved. most cars were restenciled with the csxt mark and i was surprised that a fully painted csx car was still running around with the original mark.
IIRC, going down to Florida on the Car Train, I saw a few Southern cars - covered hoppers IIRC.
Gene
Thanks for the reesponses on reporting marks gj
Up here on Long Island they use old Pennsylvania gondolas in the work trains. Several I saw sported keystones.