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Date: 05/15/21 14:32
BNSF H-EVELVJ with 3 SD75's
Author: BrianA

1)  Photographed yesterday 5-14-21 at Puyallup, WA was southbound BNSF H-EVELVJ  (Everett to Longview Jct WA) with 278/279/255 and some interesting cars behind.

2)  Brand new covered hopper ITFX 7043 has a Milwaukee Road look to it with the rib sides.

3)  TILX 24042 appears to be a ballast car.  First one like this that I have seen.  I like the cover over the air tank.

Brian Ambrose
Renton, WA



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Date: 05/15/21 16:16
Re: BNSF H-EVELVJ with 3 SD75's
Author: Ritzville

NICE catch Brian, good looking train!

Larry

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Date: 05/15/21 18:21
Re: BNSF H-EVELVJ with 3 SD75's
Author: up833

The latest batch of BNSF grain hoppers also have those ribs. Wonder who the mfg is?
RB

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Date: 05/15/21 18:48
Re: BNSF H-EVELVJ with 3 SD75's
Author: kscessnadriver

up833 Wrote:
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> The latest batch of BNSF grain hoppers also have
> those ribs. Wonder who the mfg is?
> RB

TrinityRail, I think it's their newish 5459 hopper

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Date: 05/15/21 18:55
Re: BNSF H-EVELVJ with 3 SD75's
Author: Evan_Werkema

up833 Wrote:

> The latest batch of BNSF grain hoppers also have
> those ribs. Wonder who the mfg is?

The ITFX car above looks like a TrinityRail product:

https://www.trinityrail.com/5459-covered-hopper/

Not all new covered hoppers with horizontal ribs are from TrinityRail, however.  At least some of the BNSF cars are a different design made by Greenbrier:

https://www.railwayage.com/freight/greenbrier-announces-new-covered-hopper-railcar/
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,5245793
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72nDaOpOrWs

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Date: 05/15/21 19:57
Re: BNSF H-EVELVJ with 3 SD75's
Author: krm152

Nice catch and photos.  Thanks for the posting.
ALLEN

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Date: 05/16/21 10:09
Re: BNSF H-EVELVJ with 3 SD75's
Author: MP555

BrianA Wrote:
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> 3)  TILX 24042 appears to be a ballast car. 

Not a ballast car, per se, but perhaps an aggregate car. It came from Lehigh Cement in Edmonton, Alberta.

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