Roanoke Rail Cam--Containers

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They are old Coaltainers, however they are not hauling coal but instead 
they are hauling Trash! You probably saw 16T leaving heading north.

Nathan Simmons
trainman51 at gmail.com
http://www.t-51.org
KI4MSK


On 1/29/2011 11:25, NW Mailing List wrote:

> I have seen a large number of small containers on trains passing the 

> Roanoke Rail Cam.  Six containers are on each two-platform, 

> articulated cars, with two tiers of containers at the coupler end of 

> each platform and a single container at the articulated end of each 

> platform.  Most are stenciled "EPIC" but some have what I can make out 

> to be "COALTAINER."

> Are these indeed coal containers?  Where are they loaded and where are 

> they destined, and why are containers used instead of hopper or 

> gondola cars?

> Gordon Hamilton

>

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