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Viewing Album:  Containers and trailers
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1985 - 10/11/2018
Album Info:A lot of intermodal freight has gone to containers, and trailers are not seen as much, though I have included them here. International freight has been shipped in them since the 1960's, and there has been a growing trend over the last 30 years toward them in domestic freight as well. JB Hunt got into them early-I pulled a lot of them as a driver there in the 90's, and they already had a fleet of 15,000 in 1995 when I started there. They now have something like 75,000. Others have joined that club as well, and seeing Swift, Schneider, C R England, Fed Ex, etc, containers are common. I have made an effort to get photos, which are here. Modelers, feel free to use these in your modeling efforts.
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Three bucket
Title:  Three bucket
Description:  A three unit stack car is loaded with JB Hunt boxes, a common sight across America. JB Hunt is planning to add more containers to its fleet, which will bring it up to 150,000 containers. The announcement spurred a rise in their stock price of almost $20/share.
Photo Date:  3/20/2022  Upload Date: 3/24/2022 5:11:08 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  132   Comments: 1
New containers
Title:  New containers
Description:  A set of Sparx containers, a line Ive never seen til now, rolls south on a Q train at Siloam Springs. The reporting marks on the stack car, and both containers are new to RRPA
Photo Date:  7/14/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 5:54:35 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  119   Comments: 1
XPO boxes
Title:  XPO boxes
Description:  These containers are so stark, bright white with black and red lettering. Interesting to note, their trailers carry a number sequence that matches the old Consolidated Freightways scheme.
Photo Date:  8/22/2022  Upload Date: 9/16/2022 5:33:54 AM
Location:  Bloom, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  93   Comments: 1
One in white
Title:  One in white
Description:  were used to seeing these ONE containers in a bright pink. This one is the opposite, a white box with ONE in bright pink. Seen on a westbound stack train on the ex Rock Island at Bloom Kansas.
Photo Date:  8/22/2022  Upload Date: 9/16/2022 5:37:34 AM
Location:  Bloom, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  52   Comments: 1
JB Hunt boxes
Title:  JB Hunt boxes
Description:  A set of JB Hunt boxes rides south on the Q train.
Photo Date:  9/16/2022  Upload Date: 9/19/2022 6:06:33 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  80   Comments: 1
Schneider boxes
Title:  Schneider boxes
Description:  Among the early users, and an early adopter of using domestic containers, along with JB Hunt, was Schneider National. Heres a group of Scheider boxes on a southbound Q train on the KCS.
Photo Date:  10/14/2022  Upload Date: 10/23/2022 5:46:27 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  119   Comments: 1
New boxes
Title:  New boxes
Description:  The Sparx containers were a new thing. I had never seen one before this train. Southbound on the M train at MP 252 south of Baron
Photo Date:  4/24/2023  Upload Date: 4/29/2023 6:33:47 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  95   Comments: 2
Cant tell
Title:  Cant tell
Description:  The graffiti on this stack car is so bad you cant read the reporting marks. Best guess here.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/6/2023 5:33:50 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  77   Comments: 0
Maersk
Title:  Maersk
Description:  The international stack trains have a wide variety of containers. This set has a Maersk-Sea Land box on top, reflecting the merger of the two steamship lines some years ago, after CSX sold off Sea Land.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/6/2023 5:53:23 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  65   Comments: 1
Amazon
Title:  Amazon
Description:  And some JB Hunt, too. The couple of afternoons I went out to Rio Puerco found a lot of these Amazon containers.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/6/2023 6:09:53 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  125   Comments: 2
Roadrunners of a different sort
Title:  Roadrunners of a different sort
Description:  The Railrunner station at Belen is a great place to watch the action in the morning. I was a little slower than the stack train, so missed the power, but did get some shots of the containers here, such as this pair of JB Hunt boxes headed east.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/6/2023 6:12:03 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  43   Comments: 1
Prime
Title:  Prime
Description:  The Amazon boxes on some of the stack trains were many. Heres a pair on a westbound train that had a large block of them.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/6/2023 6:29:36 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  143   Comments: 1
Double prime
Title:  Double prime
Description:  A pair of Amazon boxed headed west.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/6/2023 6:31:10 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  67   Comments: 1
One and one
Title:  One and one
Description:  An Amazon box rides on a JB Hunt box, in a combination that was common on this train.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/6/2023 6:38:03 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  123   Comments: 1
JB Hunt east
Title:  JB Hunt east
Description:  A pair of stacked JB Hunt containers roll past the Belen station
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/6/2023 6:13:26 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  58   Comments: 1
Two styles
Title:  Two styles
Description:  Two paint schemes for JB Hunt, one with "Intermodal" spelled out, the other more basic
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/6/2023 6:16:17 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  60   Comments: 1
Past the station
Title:  Past the station
Description:  A five pack of JB Hunt boxes rolls past the Railrunner station at Belen.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/6/2023 6:20:51 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  51   Comments: 1
Steamship boxes
Title:  Steamship boxes
Description:  On an eastbound train on the Transcon.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/7/2023 5:34:44 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  69   Comments: 1
TOFC
Title:  TOFC
Description:  Something you see only occasionally in this double stack age is a trailer on flat car. Heres one of JBs. headed east.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/7/2023 5:41:15 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  73   Comments: 1
Amazon and FEC
Title:  Amazon and FEC
Description:  FEC has a lot of trailer flats and well cars. One of them is here on the Transcon with a pair of Amazon boxes headed for California.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/7/2023 6:06:51 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  101   Comments: 1
Spine car, part 1
Title:  Spine car, part 1
Description:  A JB Hunt box rides on a five platform spine car. In todays stack train world, these are not as common as they once were.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/7/2023 6:09:10 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  31   Comments: 1
Spine car, part 2
Title:  Spine car, part 2
Description:  Another JB Hunt box, another spine car. See comment from Mike Berka, below, on builder info.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/7/2023 6:11:03 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  62   Comments: 2
Spine car, part 3
Title:  Spine car, part 3
Description:  Another version of a JB Hunt box on the same set of platforms.
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/7/2023 6:16:32 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  39   Comments: 1
Last one, for now
Title:  Last one, for now
Description:  Another JB Hunt box heads
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 10/7/2023 6:18:46 AM
Location:  Rio Puerco, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  46   Comments: 1
Herd of buffalo
Title:  Herd of buffalo
Description:  Canadian truckload carrier has also embraced intermodal, a pair of their boxes rolling north on the 181 train at Siloam Springs.
Photo Date:  12/6/2023  Upload Date: 12/30/2023 6:30:17 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  33   Comments: 0
Prime boxes
Title:  Prime boxes
Description:  A good number of truck lines have gotten into intermodal. Not to the extent of the likes of JB Hunt, which books 2 million rail loads annually, but enough now that you see a good variety of truckers on the rails, such as these Prime boxes at Belen.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 12/29/2023 5:56:24 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  65   Comments: 1
JB reefer
Title:  JB reefer
Description:  A JB Hunt reefer box rides atop one of their thousands of steel containers, going west at Belen.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 1/1/2024 6:29:38 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  38   Comments: 0
KLLM
Title:  KLLM
Description:  Another truck line that has gone in on the intermodal plan is KLLM. We see one of their boxes atop a Prime box, westbound at Belen.
Photo Date:  12/9/2023  Upload Date: 1/1/2024 6:32:09 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  90   Comments: 0
Cronos box
Title:  Cronos box
Description:  This Cronos container is riding atop a Mediterranean Shipping box going west at Belen
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/29/2023 6:10:22 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  52   Comments: 1
Mixed message
Title:  Mixed message
Description:  Typically, you dont see domestic containers mated with steamship line boxes-the widths are different, 96" for ocean going, 102" mostly, for domestic, though ocean going boxes are generally 20 or 40 foot. This 53 footeq may be intended for US domestic use, and 102". Nevertheless, I saw this mix quite a bit this trip. This pair was on an eastbound at Belen
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/30/2023 6:05:27 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  57   Comments: 1
Another mismatch
Title:  Another mismatch
Description:  A JB Hunt box atop a Triton overseas container at Belen, headed east.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 12/30/2023 6:11:47 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  36   Comments: 1
Tank-tainer
Title:  Tank-tainer
Description:  Bulk liquids are shipped in these 20 foot tanks. I dont think Ive4 ever seen one of these in any length over 20 foot, probably because it would go overweight if it was filled. This one was on a BNSF eastbound.
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 1/1/2024 6:20:49 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  36   Comments: 0
Bringing low prices to you
Title:  Bringing low prices to you
Description:  A group of Wal Mart boxes headed east at Belen. Christmas is coming!!
Photo Date:  12/10/2023  Upload Date: 1/1/2024 6:22:41 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  55   Comments: 0
Seagoing boxes
Title:  Seagoing boxes
Description:  This pair of oceangoing containers was on a westbound at Mountainair.
Photo Date:  12/11/2023  Upload Date: 12/29/2023 6:00:54 AM
Location:  Mountainair, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  40   Comments: 1
COSCO
Title:  COSCO
Description:  COSCO is the acronym for China Overseas Shipping Co, which sends many containers into the US, many of which wind up on the BNSF, as here on an eastbound in Miami Tex.
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 12/29/2023 6:13:31 AM
Location:  Miami, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  57   Comments: 1
Old style
Title:  Old style
Description:  A COSCO container in the old scheme rides the bottom of the stack in an eastbound BNSF train.
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 12/30/2023 6:00:32 AM
Location:  Miami, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  30   Comments: 0
China Shipping pair
Title:  China Shipping pair
Description:  This pair of China Shipping boxes was on an eastbound at Miami Texas. There are lots of these on the Transcon.
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/1/2024 6:10:59 AM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  50   Comments: 0
Bright
Title:  Bright
Description:  Theres enough yellow and white on these two boxes that youd almost need sunglasses to watch them roll by. On the Transcon, headed west
Photo Date:  12/12/2023  Upload Date: 1/1/2024 6:25:37 AM
Location:  Pampa, TX
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  44   Comments: 0
No name
Title:  No name
Description:  Given the way equipment gets leased, comes off lease, gets sold, etc, it should be no surprise that some of it winds up patch painted, such as this pair of former EMP boxes, seen on the northbound 181 train south of Decatur on the KCS
Photo Date:  3/3/2024  Upload Date: 3/6/2024 5:39:28 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  60   Comments: 1
APL logo
Title:  APL logo
Description:  Back in the day when stack trains were still something of a novelty, American President Lines had a large eagle on their containers, and their trains were long strings of these boxes, stretched out for more than a mile. Now the logo has changed, and its APL Logistics. More accurate than the eagle, but a lot less impactful. This one is on the KCS, on the 181 train
Photo Date:  3/3/2024  Upload Date: 3/6/2024 5:45:13 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  57   Comments: 1
Buffalo riding high
Title:  Buffalo riding high
Description:  A pair of stacked Bison containers rolls north on the CPKC 181 train
Photo Date:  3/3/2024  Upload Date: 3/6/2024 5:57:22 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  40   Comments: 1
Fast!!
Title:  Fast!!
Description:  I was following a 181 train north, the usual block of containers on the head end. What was new, were these Fastfrate containers, a line I had not seen before. From the maple leaf, it was apparent they originated in Canada, a new business segment moving across North America.
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/15/2024 6:28:12 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  47   Comments: 1
Broadside
Title:  Broadside
Description:  Broadside view of one of the Fastfrate containers on the 181 train.
Photo Date:  3/10/2024  Upload Date: 3/15/2024 6:30:17 AM
Location:  Decatur, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  40   Comments: 1
New boxes
Title:  New boxes
Description:  These apparently new CP containers were northbound on the 181 train, seen rolling into Watts.
Photo Date:  5/11/2024  Upload Date: 5/15/2024 6:31:37 AM
Location:  Watts, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
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Views:  51   Comments: 1
Triple Crown
Title:  Triple Crown
Description:  As many of you know by now, the NS RoadRailer trains are skimming into history. They were run by a NS subsidiary, Triple Crown Services. I caught this 181 on my way to breakfast this day, and what to my wondering eyes should appear as I watched it at Davidson Rd, but this Triple Crown container. I wasnt paying that close attention, so it kinda got away, but you can see whose it is.
Photo Date:  8/26/2024  Upload Date: 9/4/2024 6:01:01 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  33   Comments: 1

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