You think the handle the grads and turns of the range? I would think they might have some issues up there but still it would be cool
to see that rolling through the cities.
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| Author: | MilwaukeeroadMatt [ Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:03 pm ] |
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| Author: | ncmalen [ Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:13 pm ] |
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| Author: | foss0244 [ Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:56 am ] |
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"The former BN Trough Train is being eliminated. The Trough Train has spent most of the last five years in storage in various places. It was stored on the former Rock Island main line east of Amarillo, TX that was abandoned only a few miles east of the trough train cars for over a year. This was a storage track for Progress Rail Car Shops. On August 22nd, a train of 21 of the trough cars was seen passing through Lincoln, NE on its way to Birmingham, AL as BNSF train U-GUEBIR1-18. The cars had most recently been in storage at Guernsey, WY where they were moving empty from to the CSX at Birmingham listed as condemned cars. Power for the empty Trough train was BNSF SD40-2 7903, KCS AC4400CW 2046 and EMD SD60 9092 as it departed Lincoln. The train arrived in Birmingham on August 26th at 11:41 and was interchanged to CSX at 11:42. The only car missing of the original 23 cars built in late 1994 was the BN 552006 that had previously been separated and probably scrapped. One of the units of that car is still at Progress Rail in Amarillo. The Aluminum cars were 278’ 4” long per 13 unit car. The 23 cars could carry the equivalent of 146 standard coal hoppers at a reduced tonnage due to the light weight of the cars. The Car numbers for these cars were BN 552000 – 552022. None were ever renumbered as BNSF cars." That was in 2004 |
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| Author: | MilwaukeeroadMatt [ Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:25 pm ] |
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Bummer it sure would have been nice to see them in action just once. Thanks for the info. |
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| Author: | foss0244 [ Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:00 pm ] |
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| Author: | railtalk [ Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:10 pm ] |
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| Author: | MilwaukeeroadMatt [ Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:51 pm ] |
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You think the handle the grads and turns of the range? I would think they might have some issues up there but still it would be cool to see that rolling through the cities.
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| Author: | busyemt [ Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:47 am ] |
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| Author: | AndrewKoetz [ Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trough Train |
I thought I saw a thread online that the Trough Train set was scrapped. |
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