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3/28/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1976 - 12/30/2018
Album Info:Various boxcars I have encountered along the way, often with interesting features or reporting marks. Modelers, feel free to use these in your modeling efforts.
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High car
Title:  High car
Description:  This box car has had its roof lifted to allow more cubic capacity. Laurinburg & Southern car seen on H KCSH.
Photo Date:  6/18/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 4:06:58 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  138   Comments: 0
Chips high
Title:  Chips high
Description:  This former standard height box car has had its roof extended to accommodate chip loading, since it will cube out long before it goes overweight.
Photo Date:  6/18/2016  Upload Date: 6/20/2016 4:09:27 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  75   Comments: 0
Marked up
Title:  Marked up
Description:  I have yet to see in recent years one of these ARNM reefers that is not covered in graffiti. This one, westbound on the UP, wasnt too bad.
Photo Date:  10/17/2016  Upload Date: 10/26/2016 4:49:39 AM
Location:  Wood River, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  50   Comments: 0
Much cleaner
Title:  Much cleaner
Description:  The same train that had the ARMN cars had some of these Cryo Trans cars, which as a group seemed much cleaner than the others.
Photo Date:  10/17/2016  Upload Date: 10/26/2016 4:52:38 AM
Location:  Wood River, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  80   Comments: 0
Cryo Trans
Title:  Cryo Trans
Description:  This car was on the same train as a couple of blocks of ARMN cars, a solid 49 car train of reefers.
Photo Date:  10/17/2016  Upload Date: 10/26/2016 4:57:04 AM
Location:  Wood River, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  55   Comments: 0
New Railbox
Title:  New Railbox
Description:  This car was new, judging by the paint-still fresh and not full of graffiti. Northbound H train.
Photo Date:  7/21/2017  Upload Date: 8/14/2017 4:46:17 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  96   Comments: 0
Old classic
Title:  Old classic
Description:  At one time, these 86 foot auto parts cars were all over. Now, they seem to be few and far between, though this line does not have a lot of parts traffic on it. This ex Conrail car, now with initials NYC, was in Watts on a southbound H train.
Photo Date:  10/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/21/2017 4:54:22 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  90   Comments: 0
Short line box
Title:  Short line box
Description:  This boxcar belongs to the Laurinburg & Southern, a South Carolina short line, though the new owners have just patch painted the reporting marks on, leaving no mystery as to the previous owner. Its eastbound on the former Southern.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 12/30/2018 5:23:58 AM
Location:  Bremen, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  171   Comments: 0
Utah Central
Title:  Utah Central
Description:  This Utah Central car-youd know it only by the reporting marks-is eastbound on NS.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 12/30/2018 5:29:15 AM
Location:  Bremen, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  86   Comments: 0
Baer & Erickson
Title:  Baer & Erickson
Description:  This car, lettered for Champion Products, was northbound on CSX
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 12/30/2018 5:07:11 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  222   Comments: 0
MKT car
Title:  MKT car
Description:  The BKTY initials on this car date back to a group of cars financed by the MKT in the 1960s. This isnt one of them, but the reporting marks are still in use. This car is on CSX in Georgia, a long way from its midwest home.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 12/30/2018 5:10:40 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3022(ES44AC-H)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
Frozen
Title:  Frozen
Description:  Not the video, more likely French fries. Theyre going to Florida on CSX.
Photo Date:  9/16/2018  Upload Date: 12/30/2018 5:15:35 AM
Location:  Manchester, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  81   Comments: 0
IC car
Title:  IC car
Description:  While the railroad was Illinois Central Gulf, their box cars were orange, making them easy to spot. Theyre a lot less flashy now that they are gray. This one was northbound in Siloam Springs on an H train.
Photo Date:  1/27/2019  Upload Date: 2/22/2019 4:24:18 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  67   Comments: 1
Battered but still at it
Title:  Battered but still at it
Description:  This worse for wear 50 foot Southern survivor rolls south on the KCS H train.
Photo Date:  7/16/2019  Upload Date: 9/17/2019 5:11:42 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  117   Comments: 0
Not many of these left
Title:  Not many of these left
Description:  A hand me down 86 foot auto parts box rolls south on an H train. Once a staple of the railroad auto parts business, these cars are approaching their maximum interchange life, and wont be around much longer.
Photo Date:  1/4/2020  Upload Date: 1/12/2020 3:54:19 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  66   Comments: 1
Not the best angle
Title:  Not the best angle
Description:  But I didnt realize the mismatch between the initials and lettering til after it was almost too late. Its not uncommon to see initials patch painted on a car that has changed hands. What was unusual about this one is that it looks like the car and reporting marks are intentional, Nebraska-Kansas-Colorado marks, but CP painted on the car, too. Go figure.
Photo Date:  5/6/2020  Upload Date: 5/25/2020 5:23:39 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  95   Comments: 1
Lotsa room in here
Title:  Lotsa room in here
Description:  An 86 foot boxcar once used for auto parts is in this southbound on the KCS. This one is still lettered for original owner, via merger, CSX.
Photo Date:  12/5/2020  Upload Date: 12/25/2020 5:15:25 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  86   Comments: 1
Former auto parts car
Title:  Former auto parts car
Description:  There were several of these on this southbound M train on the KCS. Once a staple of the automotive supply chain, theyve been supplanted by containers in many cases, and are being retired and sold as they age out.
Photo Date:  12/5/2020  Upload Date: 12/25/2020 5:17:49 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  56   Comments: 1
Railbox
Title:  Railbox
Description:  Railbox, a part of the Trailer Train company, runs a fleet of free runner boxcars, among other equipment. This car was southbound on a KCS M train. It was one of the cleaner cars on the train.
Photo Date:  12/5/2020  Upload Date: 12/25/2020 5:33:42 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  52   Comments: 1
Dirty Railbox
Title:  Dirty Railbox
Description:  This car seems to have sat in one place too long, and is now showing the result.
Photo Date:  12/5/2020  Upload Date: 12/25/2020 5:39:39 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  48   Comments: 1
Theres a boxcar in there somewhere
Title:  Theres a boxcar in there somewhere
Description:  This Railbox is almost completely covered in graffiti. It is reminding me of the NY subways when I rode them in high school. Some cars you couldnt even see out of. Now it seems an increasing amount of railway equipment is so decorated.
Photo Date:  12/5/2020  Upload Date: 12/25/2020 6:00:47 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  128   Comments: 1
Minnesota car
Title:  Minnesota car
Description:  This Minnesota, Dakota & Western car was southbound on the M train this day.
Photo Date:  4/30/2021  Upload Date: 5/3/2021 4:31:38 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  67   Comments: 2
What it said
Title:  What it said
Description:  A lot of instruction on the doors of this box car.
Photo Date:  6/24/2021  Upload Date: 7/24/2021 5:53:08 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  60   Comments: 1
A lot to say
Title:  A lot to say
Description:  Not only the graffit, which seems to be as pervasive on freight cars as it once was on the NY subways I rode in the 70s, but on the doors of this Railbox car on a northbound M train.
Photo Date:  6/24/2021  Upload Date: 7/24/2021 5:34:10 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  61   Comments: 1
Clean!!
Title:  Clean!!
Description:  Its getting harder and harder to find cars that are not covered in graffiti these days. This new TBOX was southbound on the M KCSH.
Photo Date:  8/6/2021  Upload Date: 8/10/2021 5:02:22 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  58   Comments: 1
Rare find
Title:  Rare find
Description:  The Western Pacific was folded into UP in 1982, almost 40 years ago. To find one of their boxcars still rolling well into the 21st century was a find. This one was on a northbound at Mc Alester on the ex MKT. I caught it the day UP 4014 was visiting for an overnight service stop, so there were lots of daisy pickers around, hence the lack of a clear shot. Oh well....and of course, it's covered in graffiti!!
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/18/2021 5:44:17 AM
Location:  McAlester, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  115   Comments: 2
Short line car
Title:  Short line car
Description:  Theres a short line in the Arkansas River Valley that runs some industrial track in the Fort Chaffee area, and out to Barling. For a line that is only 29 miles, they have a roster of rolling stock, among them this graffitied ex-Nacional de Mexico box car that was in the southbound Q train on the KCS
Photo Date:  10/14/2022  Upload Date: 10/23/2022 5:23:48 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  61   Comments: 1
Special box
Title:  Special box
Description:  This pink Railbox was in the southbound Q train on the KCS. It supports efforts to cure breast cancer.
Photo Date:  10/14/2022  Upload Date: 10/23/2022 5:38:32 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  80   Comments: 2
Clean car
Title:  Clean car
Description:  Must be new, theres not a mark on it. This was one of two such cars-the other a UP box-on this M SHKC.
Photo Date:  2/5/2023  Upload Date: 2/6/2023 6:18:57 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  58   Comments: 1
Not a mark
Title:  Not a mark
Description:  This UP "minimalist" car-solid yellow, no markings except for reporting marks-was northbound on the M SHKC. How long til the vandals turn it into a canvas for graffiti??
Photo Date:  2/5/2023  Upload Date: 2/6/2023 6:25:11 AM
Location:  Gravette, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  67   Comments: 3
Faded glory
Title:  Faded glory
Description:  The paint has worn off the lettering of this battered Railbox, seen on a northbound H train at Gentry
Photo Date:  5/26/2023  Upload Date: 5/27/2023 6:14:41 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  39   Comments: 1
Katy mark
Title:  Katy mark
Description:  This GATX car is lettered BKTY, a reporting mark used historically by the MKT, and seen on a southbound 262 train on the KCS. Interesting...
Photo Date:  11/4/2023  Upload Date: 11/6/2023 4:13:06 AM
Location:  Westville, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  53   Comments: 3
Out  in the field
Title:  Out in the field
Description:  This Santa Fe reefer was in a field off old US 66 near Adrian, Texas, about 50 miles west of Amarillo, and, ironically, adjacent to the ex Rock Choctaw Route.
Photo Date:  12/8/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2024 4:21:24 AM
Location:  Adrian, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  26   Comments: 2
Lineage
Title:  Lineage
Description:  This Lineage reefer was at Belen, headed west. The LINX mark is for Lineage, which recently bought out Cryo-Trans, see comment below.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 1/3/2024 6:32:49 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  43   Comments: 3
Great storage shed
Title:  Great storage shed
Description:  The west seems to be littered with old box cars-whose exactly depends on what railroad was nearby-in this case, here in Pampa Tex, the Santa Fe. This weathered car was in a local industrys yard off US 60.
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/4/2024 4:01:33 AM
Location:  Pampa, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  11   Comments: 1
Open door
Title:  Open door
Description:  You usually see a box car with an open door when the car is empty, but not often a loaded car. Someone must have opened this one in transit, hoping for a mechandise jackpot. They were surely disappointed to find the load was linerboard, which, when I was a driver for JB Hunt, I recall as being shipped in 7000 pound rolls. Even if it was something you wanted, you couldnt just walk off with it!! Northbound on the 261 train. The reporting mark is UP, once upon a time, a MKT mark.
Photo Date:  1/4/2024  Upload Date: 1/7/2024 6:15:35 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  29   Comments: 1


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