Western Railroad Discussion > a 3x2x0 mystery for mapboy..........

i have no idea what this symbol might be.  any ideas?  i caught it today at approx. 1130 hrs.

whatever it is, it sure was a well powered intermodal..............

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I traced this eastbound to the Needles railcam previously changing crews from 09:18 to 09:53, and passing Barstow at 04:24.  Just by chance I was recording ATCS looking for UP wb LA&SL trains, so I was able to see that the train at 04:24 came nonstop from Mojave (long crew from Bakersfield).  Wednesday night Tehachapi trains would be Q-STOCHI6 (usually no trailers), Q-STOATG6 (usually autos and lately less than 10 trailers) or Z-STOWSP7 (usually some reefer cars).  My guess is a Z-STOWSP7 on a night with no reefer pick up at Bakersfield. 

mapboy

at first i thought this could possibly be some sort of stowsp but the 3x2x0 configuration was very rare from what i see out here.

thanks for your info.  much appreciated............

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Nice video 66, you got at least one EMD in power units.

Larry

Eastbound on Main 1, it looks like. Not typical (?)

Enjoyed the brief appearance by a feathered friend at about 0:56

Z-STOWSP7-17A

Ted Ferkenhoff
Flagstaff, AZ

eljay Wrote:
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> Eastbound on Main 1, it looks like. Not typical
> (?)
>
> Enjoyed the brief appearance by a feathered friend
> at about 0:56

correct.  this e/b z train was on main 1 "running around" the slow e/b manifest crawling up the hill on main 2 that was led by the kcs and ferromex motors.

if that z would have appeared 1 minute earlier, i would have had both e/b trains going up the hill together......

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