Western Railroad Discussion > Freight car ID please

Hi - on my recent railfan trip, I was up the hill adjacent to Barstow Yard. I'm puzzled as to what these 5 tank cars and the good looking caboose are used for. Many thanks, Chris UK.

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Not positive but the first three cars look like BNSF wildfire fighting tank cars used in Washington, Idaho & Montana.
I would assume the other two are for extra water or perhaps foam capacity.

You can see a version of what I'm talking about at this link https://www.flickr.com/photos/planephotoman/8887269551

Kris

55002 Wrote:
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> Hi - on my recent railfan trip, I was up the hill
> adjacent to Barstow Yard. I'm puzzled as to what
> these 5 tank cars and the good looking caboose are
> used for. Many thanks, Chris UK.

Wow!  A RED caboose fully painted BNSF.  Great catch.  Agree with the fire fighting response.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

Fire train.  The cars sat at Victorville for many weeks then disappeared.  I wondered where they went.

ntharalson Wrote:
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> 55002 Wrote:
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> > Hi - on my recent railfan trip, I was up the
> hill
> > adjacent to Barstow Yard. I'm puzzled as to
> what
> > these 5 tank cars and the good looking caboose
> are
> > used for. Many thanks, Chris UK.
>
> Wow!  A RED caboose fully painted BNSF.  Great
> catch.  Agree with the fire fighting
> response.  
>
> Nick Tharalson,
> Marion, IA


Of course it's red, it's a FIRE train waycar.

Many thanks all for your response - much appreciated.  Chris  UK.