I have seen two CN trains with all very small hopper cars. They are about half the length of a grain hopper and not as high and they have straight/flat sides. The train I saw today I am guessing was two miles long. And it had distributed power on the tail end. I didn't see the forward half of the train so I don't know if he had any mid-train power or not. This was in the Champaign subdivision, in case that makes a difference. Anybody know what these cars are for?
Strange cars on CN
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