Western Railroad Discussion > Chalk Marks on couplers

While in Nampa today, I was caught at a crossing and while watching the train go by. I spotted that on every coupler it had a chalked "J" on it. I have never seen this before what is it??? Solid block of hoppers.

John

I bet what you saw was the initial of the person that inspected the hopper car unit train knuckles for cracks, as it was being loaded- it is bad enough that those crazies are on top of the coal being loaded into the hopper car shoveling out samples for the labs while they are under the silo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MtArarat Wrote:
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> I bet what you saw was the initial of the person
> that inspected the hopper car unit train knuckles
> for cracks, as it was being loaded- it is bad
> enough that those crazies are on top of the coal
> being loaded into the hopper car shoveling out
> samples for the labs while they are under the
> silo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>


Thanks MtArarat

That's what I figured.
John