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    Where do covered hopper cars filled with grain go to anyway and what happens to them?

    While grain farmers produce trainloads of grain, some other farmers need trainloads of grain to feed their animals. For instance, California poultry producer Foster Farms goes through enough grain/corn to have their own receiving elevator that handles up to 110 carload trains delivering feed...
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    Why do railroads pull cars not from their own company?

    In some cases, the railroad doesn't want to own the cars that it is transporting. For instance, cars transporting bulk chemicals are typically not owned by any railroad. According to this list, DuPont owns nearly 2100 railcars, which is more than many midsize railroads own...
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    Great Northern RR Thru Nighthawk Washington

    Some related information at this page: http://www.gngoat.org/southern_bc.htm Also the sequence of construction events is summarized here, but there aren't specific dates: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?15,3151479 A 2002 Nighthawk depot photo here...
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    What Commodities Could Return To The Rails?

    One could make a case that much of the commodities that "once rode the rails" are riding the rails today, but in containers instead of boxcars. However, much of that traffic is on somewhat different routes than the traditional "manufactured goods" traffic. The package carrier of olde, Railway...
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    Does anyone know what this rail line is?

    The Eastern Washington Gateway is primarily a wheat hauler. There is some industrial traffic (particularly steel) on the eastern end to a branch that is called the Geiger spur. Their website: http://www.ewgrr.com/ Forum member Bruce Butler is an engineer for the EWG, and may respond if he sees...
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    Some photos of my railfanning around the East Bay 2015

    There was a fight about who was to provide rail service on Mare Island. The developer, Lennar, wanted control over rail service on the island, and wanted the contract operator serving Alstom to leave the property. (Some folks feel that Lennar does not want any rail on the island, as they feel it...




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