Canadian Railroads > Shipping air

September 11th, 2021, A407 out of the intermodal yard at Rockingham (Halifax), 484 axles, 2 units (CN 3064 and CN 8877) and a whole train of empty well cars, by Springhill Jct at 14:35.
You can make out both the Springhill Jct station sign and the highway 2 overpass above the first well car.
Apparently about half of this train was actually lifted from the siding at Alton on the Bedford sub. The well cars were destined for storage in Moncton.

...John Reay
Springhill, NS

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The Santa Fe and the BNSF call those trains "Bare Tables".

Hey we need those bare tables down here in the states

Proud Foamer
OAKLEY, CA

On Friday, September 10, #199 went through Bruce on the Wainwright Sub with 103 empty well cars behind DPU 3841 (there were revenue cars in this 720-axle train), and #101 sailed over Fabyan trestle with what I counted as 100 emply wells plus 74 loaded platforms in its 500 axles (does that work mathematically? It depends on whether it's 3 or 5 car articulation. The axle count sounds a bit low). I might have my act together for a Wainwright Wednesday post.
Fred

PHall Wrote:
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> The Santa Fe and the BNSF call those trains "Bare
> Tables".

Certainly if they're spine cars or flat cars for piggyback traffic,
but do they call them that if they're well cars for double-stack containers?

..jr

newtonville150 Wrote:
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> PHall Wrote:
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> > The Santa Fe and the BNSF call those trains
> "Bare
> > Tables".
>
> Certainly if they're spine cars or flat cars for
> piggyback traffic,
> but do they call them that if they're well cars
> for double-stack containers?
>
> ..jr

Bare Tables.  It's what they call ALL trains of empty intermodal equipment.

BNSF runs empty containers and trailers though Denver alot to LA that also uses the B symbol too.