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You are right, box cars are rare along the old AT&SF, but not gone. I go weekly past the freight yard at La Mirada and I would maybe 40% of the cars are box cars. Paper for newsprint, and food stuffs comes to mind for possible loadings. And the nightly Barstow-San Diego freight that goes through Orange, CA carries maybe 25% box cars. I can't tell you what is in those. Roy On Saturday, April 25, 2015 8:46 AM, "William Barber clipperw@gmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Leo, I have been following the BNSF's Transcon along Interstate 40 for the last two days en route to California. About 75 percent of the trains are long double stacks. I haven't seen a single box car. Other trains included auto racks, piggyback, and grain in covered hoppers. Most trains Most train have distributed power units on the rear and a couple also had DP units mid train. This is the way a modern railroad operates. Containers are the new box cars. BTW, that said with all those containers on the BNSF, there is still no shortage of semi trucks on I-40!! Bill Barber Gravois Mills, MO On Apr 25, 2015, at 12:57 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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