Eastern Railroad Discussion > NS 330 with aircraft parts car

Yesterday's NS 330 (Jacksonville, FL to Macon, GA) at Crawford, Florida.  Specially-built container car for hauling Boeing Aircraft parts.

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Neat video. I thought most airline parts that traveled by rail from Jacksonville went via CSXT.

While the one Boeing car is interesting, how about telling us more about the huge numbers of gondolas in the train. What is going on with them? Commodities? Origins and destinations?

superchief1944 Wrote:
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> While the one Boeing car is interesting, how about
> telling us more about the huge numbers of gondolas
> in the train. What is going on with them?
> Commodities? Origins and destinations?

The commodity is rock.  Most, if not all, of the rock comes from the quarries north of Macon, GA and then south to Jacksonville on train 321.  Martin Marietta has a rock distribution yard just north of NS’ Simpson Yard in Jacksonville.  The rest goes to the FEC.  330 takes the empties back to Macon.

Andrew

Many TBCX cars originate at Stuart on Florida East Coast. Triumph specialty manufacturing loads components and sub-assemblies for US aircraft makers.

The risks to US exports is a very local matter as hundreds of people are employed when there's work.

Two other component makers ship products to Triumph for inclusion.

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Only time I was over there was way back in 94 when I was railfanning Callahan and decided to head east to check out NS, caught a Northbound NS and a Westbound CSX back in 94, when did CSX DT their track through there!

A few years ago they double tracked the entire Callahan Sub as part of the SunRail deal.

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