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Special flat |
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I caught a train of 32 of these cars northbound on the UP Greeley Sub. Some were these KRL cars, owned by Kasgro Rail Lines, some by Trailer Train. This one comes in lite at 170,000 lbs, with a load limit of 460,000. Heavy stuff!! |
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4/9/2025 Upload Date: 4/18/2025 5:11:21 AM |
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Brighton, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Another Kasgro car |
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One of a group of these cars headed north. |
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4/9/2025 Upload Date: 4/18/2025 5:12:15 AM |
| Location: |
Brighton, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Red and ready |
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So it says on the side of the car. |
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4/9/2025 Upload Date: 4/18/2025 6:29:17 AM |
| Location: |
Brighton, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Trailer train heavy duty |
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The TTX Corp, not surprisingly, also has a fleet of these heavy duty flats, some of which were on the northbound |
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4/9/2025 Upload Date: 4/18/2025 6:32:27 AM |
| Location: |
Brighton, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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More TTX |
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The train had a few more of these than the KRL cars, but was pretty well split. I shot a bunch. Here, you can see how the span bolsters link each truck, and how the body is mounted to the wheels. |
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4/9/2025 Upload Date: 4/18/2025 6:35:26 AM |
| Location: |
Brighton, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Nicely lit |
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And with just a hint of UP wings as the late day sun catches the nose of trailing unit 3806, and highlights the yellow of the car |
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4/9/2025 Upload Date: 4/18/2025 6:37:57 AM |
| Location: |
Brighton, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Bright sun |
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The bright sun came out for a moment, highlighting the stencils on the car. The dimensions and weight limits were similar to the KRL cars, lite weight 159900, load limit 470100 lbs. |
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4/9/2025 Upload Date: 4/18/2025 6:45:02 AM |
| Location: |
Brighton, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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Not much of this any more |
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Forty years ago, sights like this were common, and trailers of all sizes were on every intermodal train. With the advent of stacked containers in the mid 1980s, and their rapid growth as the economics proved themselves, sights like this became more and more uncommon. Out west, they are holding on, some UPS and ABF pups riding south on the Greeley Sub. |
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4/9/2025 Upload Date: 4/18/2025 7:03:04 AM |
| Location: |
Brighton, CO |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
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26 Comments: 0 |
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