Western Railroad Discussion > In response to a question....

posed a few days ago in the thread: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,2593066 that was,

"I know this is a long shot, but anyone know the trucking company for trailer #13? All white trailer with small red logo, possibly in the shape of two letters for the company name. Seen these on BNSF and UP for a few years, but it keeps escaping me." by Fizzboy7.

I can not identify the trucking company, but I thought if I posted a full size image of the trailer, somebody might have an answer. It would appear that the word "Trans" is in front of the red logo on the trailer. I also noted that the same logo seems to appear on the following trailer that is not white. Also, the word "West" appears to the right of the logo.

I am as curious Fizzboy7. Anybody out there trailer-land have an answer?

JCL



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/11 17:30 by Super_C.

Transwest Logistics, from Canada. Both the black and the white trailers.

That was a mighty quick answer! Thanks very much.

JCL

Upon closer examination, the answer was there all the time a few trailers back!

So what kind of trailers are these, with their large underbody tanks and what look like pretty substantial cooling units?

Ray

Looks like it was just a matter of time before they starting placing ads on the side skirts.
Thanks to all for nailing the trailer names. TW has some fancy stuff going on there.

Ray_Murphy Wrote:
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> So what kind of trailers are these, with their
> large underbody tanks and what look like pretty
> substantial cooling units?
>
> Ray

You answered your own question. They're reefer trailers.

TransWest has been running trailers on the BNSF for quite a few years now, but I haven't heard of them using the UP at all, which I guess is no big surprise. Seem to be a lot of small to mid-sized truck lines out there that have little or nothing to do with the UP...wonder why that is?

Is it my imagination, or in the first pic, it appears that the
wheels are not parallel to the tracks. They sort of look crosswise.
Am I seeing things?
Sid.

Are those liftrails on the Marten trailer? Or something for structural support?

telegraphboy Wrote:
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> Is it my imagination, or in the first pic, it
> appears that the
> wheels are not parallel to the tracks. They sort
> of look crosswise.
> Am I seeing things?
> Sid.

I'm sure you are seeing things, but I am too. I suspect it has to do with this being a real long shot, and possibly with being on a curve. If you zoom in on one of those cars the trailer wheels seem to be at an angle to the car too.

Here's a recent video of the trailer company I was questioning. Two can be seen at 4:49. They have a red rectangular box logo with white letters inside. Any ideas?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgluNznieU