Lost? or just from a galaxy far, far away...

[M.C. Fujiwara]

So today I swung by Ikea in Emeryville, CA (next to Oakland) to pick up some LEDs for a shelf layout, stepped out of my car, and saw THIS on the rails:





WTF?
Thought for a sec UP had put Eric or Dr. Dave in charge of routing!
So was wondering what's the most "foreign" car you've seen on your home route?
(I know they're containers, but still...)

Does an SP gon make it to Maine?
A CP boxcar find it's way to Florida?

What's the craziest car you've seen far from home?

[Dave Schneider]

I have always liked this shot (which I purchased) showing an Alaska Railroad boxcar on the Milwaukee Road at Waukesha (Wisconsin) Lime and Stone. A car from my current home on the rails of my favorite railroad near my hometown. Maybe not too exotic but I like it!



Best wishes, Dave

[Philip H]

There's a GTW GP40-2 in baton Rouge assigned to the IC/CN yard.

[Bob Bufkin]

Nothing unusual to see CN or CP boxcars on CSX headed to Florida.  With todays power sharing, it's also common to see CN, CP, UP, BNSF units on CSX trains.

[conrail98]

On my trip back from Minnesota I got passed by a CSX trailer in Wisconsin, go figure,

Phil

[Dave Schneider]

On my trip to the Pacific NW last week my rental car got a chipped windshield from a Schneider National truck. Not only am I not related to them, they are now costing me money....go figure!

Best wishes, Dave

[Ian MacMillan]

On my trip to the Pacific NW last week my rental car got a chipped windshield from a Schneider National truck. Not only am I not related to them, they are now costing me money....go figure!

Best wishes, Dave

Sign here for rental insurance.... its only $15!

[cv_acr]

A CSX container or freight car in California? Not seeing how that's unusual or surprising. Plenty of stuff is shipped from one coast to the other.

I see cars from Mexico in Canada.

[lock4244]

Back in the 1980's I recall seeing an NdeM gondola at CP's Toronto Yard in Agincourt, Ontario. You see TFM autoracks and boxcars up here often, but back then, NdeM up here was relatively rare.

[aikorob]

CN loco heading up 2 NS units today---passing by the old GM assembly plant in Doraville, GA

[RockGp40]

Last May, I saw what looked like a brand new BNSF gondola parked on the head of an industry in north Philly. Between all of the lease cars and all of the CSX/NS pay cars available, it struck me as out of place.

[Robbman]

Last Saturday in Bluefield, WV watched an ethanol train with a NS SD70M leading a CN repainted BCOL -8 and a BCOL Draper Taper GE get passed by a westbound with two CP GEVOs leading...

[CoalPorter]

Really, the CSX shipping container is a "different company" from the CSX railroad.
and i think they have something at the port of Oakland? Someone was telling me
about this once, but I cant remember all the details.

[Smike]

Nothing odd about that.

Also the UMAX line (the dark blue container) is a joint effort between UP and CSX.

http://www.uprr.com/customers/intermodal/umax/index.shtml

[Packer]

A friend caught a train with a BCRail 8-40CM leading UP SD60Ms, SD70M/MACs, and SD90MACs on a CSX train around here.

FWIW, Here's one of his videos where I make an appearence (Packer's shirt):

*I never noticed before that some of the 50-53' containers were on the bottom and the 40's were on the top...