Received this really nifty looking 50 foot high cube boxcar a week ago that I purchased through our friend Luc. His railroad, the Brownville & Ashland, heavily featured the paper industry, as evidenced by the pine tree graphic at the right-hand end of the boxcar. This boxcar will help me to modernize the freight equipment here.
Now some real world stuff: Brian Smith sent me this picture he took on a nice stormy looking day last week at the yard in Fort Kent, Maine.
CN GP38 7517 pokes it's nose out at the Cargill grain elevator on Friday, June 28th, 2024.
And here's a look at the freighter Burns Harbor as it passes beneath the Bluewater Bridges on Thursday, July 4th, 2024. It's pretty rare for this lake freighter to pass by here, as it usually seems to stay in Lakes Superior and Michigan. I would have liked to have seen it coming down from Lake Huron, but missed it by an hour or so when it was downbound to Cleveland a day earlier.
1000 feet in length, Burns Harbor is one of the very largest boats on the Great Lakes. On it's trip north from Cleveland to Superior, Wi. we can see the original brown paint on the Burns Harbor as the black is wearing off.
Have a great week everybody
hey Jim, I've been eyeing up those boxcars on Home Shops, all the more reason to get one. Thanks, Terry
ReplyDeleteHi Terry ! This one is pretty nice. If only their 86 footers were the 8-door kind, I'd be all over a couple of those.
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