Canadian Railroads > Container Livery for Goths - Black Loon at the Hat

On Friday, June 6, our trio was on the network of public walking trails at the east side of Medicine Hat, AB. Watching CPKC #146 climb the hill, we noticed something out of the ordinary coming toward us - black containers. Perhaps PC had them back in the day, but these were new to us. Riding the top was DRYU 911892_8, a Loon 45G1, and the bottom container on the trailing car was also a Loon 45G1, reporting marks CCEU 667398_0. A bit of searching on Google suggests these belong to SeaCastle (Interpool). A unit train of these would not be pretty, but what if you mixed it in with various pink and white ONE boxes?
Fred

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Now that is different. Do we know why the shape depicted between the 'L' and the first 'o' looks exactly like the state of Minnesota?

NMlurker Wrote:
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> Now that is different. Do we know why the shape
> depicted between the 'L' and the first 'o' looks
> exactly like the state of Minnesota?

No idea, but that's a great catch on your part! Now it makes sense visually. I was trying to figure out if the uneven edges were supposed to represent feathering on a bird or something. The atlas says all.
Fred

Perfect!  Good eyes .

tobacco looks like    https://theloonmn.com/

dan Wrote:
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> tobacco looks like    https://theloonmn.com/

Thanks; when I tried Googling Loon and containers, all I got was someone's luxury yacht.
Fred

Did you see any rattlers on those trails ?

Gotta know they are there !

Bill Miller
Galt, ON

CCMF Wrote:
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> Did you see any rattlers on those trails ?
>
> Gotta know they are there !

Five different days over the years at this location, and we've never seen snakes. The trail is paved and wide, with housing not more than 30 meters away, and only 10 or so meters through cacti (now that's the local hazard) to the viewpoints on the edge of the bluffs.
Fred

I just love the way some are scared to death of snakes. Snakes are more scared of you then you are of it and they will go way out of their way to avoid you.
They normally strike only when you have cornered them and they see no way out. And even in "snake country", i.e. the Mojave Desert, if you just take a second to actually look where you're walking or placing your hands you should be all right. We're much too big for them to hunt.

dan Wrote:
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> tobacco looks like    https://theloonmn.com/

That makes sense as the loon is the Minnesota state bird. All you’ll ever want to know about loons at: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/birds/commonloon.html

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