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Western Railroad Discussion > Everything but the Kitchen SinkDate: 05/22/23 12:48 Everything but the Kitchen Sink Author: blueflag On Sunday, while driving east through Iowa on US 30, we played leap frog with a long manifest, seeing it multiple times. These photos show it at Belle Plaine IA, 5-21-2023. I tried to capture it in one frame, but I don't think I did, and the heat distortion didn't help. It had well cars, a coal car, autoracks, reefers, and the usually assortment of manifest cars. About the only thing missing was COFC and MOW cars.
It would interesting to know the stats and length of train as it seemed to be about 3 miles long. It sounded like the mid-train DPU was 8700' back from a conversation we heard. Consist (assuming I counted right): UP 7798 NS 9648 HLCX 1082 HLCX 3812 HLCX 3886 HLCX 3813 HLCX 1032 NS 9684 97 cars - including 5 three truck trash spine cars and 12 three-pack well cars (29 extra platforms/car lengths) UP 5326 104 cars - including 1 three-pack well car and 7 five-pack well cars (26 extra plaforms/car lengths) UP 7696 That makes for 201 cars, but equivalent of 256 cars. The train took 5.5 minutes to clear going about 30 mph. Jeff Eggert Date: 05/22/23 13:26 Re: Everything but the Kitchen Sink Author: texchief1 Nice shots!
texchief1 RC Lundgren Date: 05/23/23 04:57 Re: Everything but the Kitchen Sink Author: atsfgp40x I saw this guy going through Nevada, IA., it sure had an interesting consist for sure!
Peter Date: 05/24/23 08:12 Re: Everything but the Kitchen Sink Author: MP90 Like those shots. Looked like a fun chase.
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