Cool CSX Philly Sub. Southbound Freight on 4/6/13

[mu26aeh]

Here are a few I've captured

SBD Gondola


Another SBD Gondola


Penn Central with NYC markings


Penn Central with NYC markings

[RockGp40]

ACI labels aren't hard to come by. During grain season, some of the rust bucket leased grain hoppers still show them off "proudly." 

[Bob Bufkin]

From yesterday.  C&O markings on an old Railgon.

[Robbman]

I'd have to go by the scheme visible on the car... reporting marks aren't a good indicator of age (unless it's still got an ampersand).  For example... BO, CO, LN, SBD are all still viable CSX marks

[cv_acr]

I shot this completely un-touched Frisco car just this past summer:



Barely even graffittied.

[Guilford Guy]

I saw this a few days ago. All it's markings are still there, albeit covered in a layer of rust.

[RockGp40]

I saw this via yahoogroups recently and was enamored:

http://www.iaisrailfans.org/gallery/8March2013/8March2013_058

Shared with photographer's permission!

[Guilford Guy]

Yes, there's still a few of those kicking around.

I saw this today, have never seen one of these cars before.

[cv_acr]

Here's what that car would have looked like brand new:
http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=nahx476038&o=northamerican

[davefoxx]

I've never seen that FirstMiss, Inc. covered hopper before, either.

A few days ago I spotted two Norfolk & Western covered hoppers at the old Chrysler yard on the Northeast Corridor in Newark, Delaware.  One was hard to see behind some tank cars, but the letters Norfolk & Western were spelled out.  I could see the "hamburger" logo on the other one.  Sorry that I didn't have my camera.

DFF

[Bob Bufkin]

I hsd  C&NW car slip by me yesterday.  Didn't have my camera ready in time.

[davefoxx]

I caught a couple more Norfolk & Western covered hoppers today.  They were being used as spacer cars for a Norfolk Southern tank train en route to the refinery in Delaware City, Delaware:

NW reporting marks:


N&W reporting marks.  This thing hasn't seen a paint shop in more than three decades!  There might even be a hamburger logo hidden in the rust in the last panel at left:


By the way, carrying on with the "seniors" theme, the tank train was pulled by a matched pair of SD40-2s.  Sweet.

DFF