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I've been looking forward to capture one of these, after seing photos of them on RRF for years. This gon is part of ~15 piece MOW set that includes gondolas loaded with ties, a BRANDT truck, tampers, tie cranes and more casual MOW equipement like hi-rail trucks.
Sure is odd to see a yellow...
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Two MOW Service CP gondolas loaded with ties, way over their sides. I'm guessing these are new ties, since this tie unloader was one car away:
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In comparison CN transports their ties on regular center-beams.
Note that "CP Rail" and the numbers have been...
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Lots of old junk comes through Sutherland in the form of MOW gondolas - I've seen 1950's and 40's build dates, but 1937 is a new record.
My grandma was 1 years old when this thing was built, and its still rolling! Unlike the other MOW gondolas I've seen, this one is sadly not original paint...
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Compared to just about anything - hoppers, center-beams, single-stack IMS cars, boxcars, autoracks, etc. gondolas are ussually the smallest. Yet all it takes is a comparison to a human being to see how big they actually are!
The gon is loaded with somekind of wooden supports. Note the yellow...
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A mixed freight passes through Billings past the Quality Inn on its way to MRL's Laurel yard. I happened to get a pic. of this HERZOG high-sided gondola.
Built in 1968, it was a 52' gondola before CP decided to upgrade it to a woodchip car sometime in its life. In 1999 most of the series was retired, but a couple remained in MOW service. Don't remember where I read this, but apparently its used to transport ties for CP so that they can be sold...
Three Different SOO gondolas, one with WC reporting marks for some reason. That one was caught on CN's mainline, the others were seen at CP's main station. All shot in Winnipeg in 2004.
Just though I'd try something different then the usual rolling stock rosters.
Scrapyards with rail connections often end up using some of the railroad equipment sent to them for scrapping. Gondolas for moving scrap around the yard are probably the most common...even if they weren't gondolas to begin with! Here's the bottom half of GCTX tank car 113098 serving out its...
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