Oh, my, my! Some totally gorgeous, shiny E5s! Yup. Universal. As in either universally illegible or universally unintelligible...
I'm not sure of the station's heritage. The line was one of the oldest in SC and was once a through route, but much of it was abandoned in segments throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
From 37 years ago today on 04/15/1987 at Portage Jct., WI. The MILW's line south to Madison left the mainline here, plus another to the north to Horicon and beyond.
@HemiAdda2d Thanks for the picture / title. Learned a new terms today, 'Q Train'. and other letters for types of freight trains.
Just for fun here. Note that terminologies differ somewhat, among the few remaining Class 1 companies. On the BNSF, intermodals (loads): "Q" Trains- Guaranteed Service Intermodal "S" Trains- Port Stack Intermodal (less frequently used) "Z" Trains- Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal Also, when you hear or read "mixed" freight, know that you've encountered a (bleh) choo-choo chaser. These are either "H" or "M" trains- Manifests or Merchandise.
A real "mixed freight" is a beastie that hasn't been seen in decades: a short freight train with a coach or combine attached. Nice sight and often photographed on branch lines and short lines where passenger traffic didn't warrant an actual passenger train. As rare as a Tasmanian Tiger.
That's a nice shot there with "just right" light. To think that the PRR was operating 50 Ton all steel hopper cars in 1898 (stenciled build date 10/1898) and that an example survives is pretty amazing.
More old box cars from the same train that I have been posting. BNSF must have dug deep to find all these old timers. Corinth & Quince? Never heard of that one before.
I think that is supposed to be Corinth and Counce. It is/was a short line in the northern Mississippi / Southern Tennessee area and just so happens to be the subject of this months (and first in a series) M/T ex per diem weathered boxcar
