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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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Not many of these
Title:  Not many of these
Description:  JB Hunt has a vast container fleet. When I started there in 1995, there were approximately 10,000 53 foot boxes, and maybe 7000 48 footers, split between about 3000 Thermacubes(700000 series) and plate side(600000 series). By 2003, the 48s were gone, and the 53 foot fleet was expanding rapidly. A newer development was these 53 foot reefers, which came on around 2011. There are only several hundred of these, so catching one is a real find. This one is southbound on CSX.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 4:59:59 AM
Location:  Bridgeport, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  131   Comments: 1
New Livery
Title:  New Livery
Description:  Long time logistics company C H Robinson has changed the color of its boxes from white to blue, a pair of which are headed for Atlanta on CSX.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/11/2018 5:25:17 AM
Location:  Bridgeport, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  102   Comments: 0
FEC boxes
Title:  FEC boxes
Description:  A pair of FEC containers with the old "hurricane" herald roll south on train 101.
Photo Date:  9/20/2018  Upload Date: 10/14/2018 4:40:20 AM
Location:  Saint Augustine, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  112   Comments: 0
New style
Title:  New style
Description:  A newer container with a bolder statement of ownership rolls south on train 101.
Photo Date:  9/20/2018  Upload Date: 10/14/2018 4:42:40 AM
Location:  Saint Augustine, FL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  196   Comments: 0
CSX boxes
Title:  CSX boxes
Description:  A pair of stacked CSX containers roll west on a BNSF train near Racine MO
Photo Date:  2/23/2019  Upload Date: 9/17/2019 3:54:05 AM
Location:  Racine, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  178   Comments: 0
Double JB
Title:  Double JB
Description:  A pair of JB Hunt steel containers roll west on BNSF
Photo Date:  2/23/2019  Upload Date: 9/17/2019 3:57:48 AM
Location:  Racine, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  177   Comments: 1
International
Title:  International
Description:  A Hyundai box rides high on its way to the port in LA
Photo Date:  2/23/2019  Upload Date: 9/17/2019 4:00:16 AM
Location:  Racine, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
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Views:  219   Comments: 0
We know whos boss!!
Title:  We know whos boss!!
Description:  A pair of containers ride west, the JB Hunt Duraplate box showing its dominance over Schneider National.
Photo Date:  2/23/2019  Upload Date: 9/17/2019 4:05:56 AM
Location:  Racine, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
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Views:  178   Comments: 1
Old and new
Title:  Old and new
Description:  An older Wabash National Duraplate box rides atop one of the newer steel containers on this westbound BNSF train.
Photo Date:  2/23/2019  Upload Date: 9/17/2019 4:11:50 AM
Location:  Racine, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
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Views:  193   Comments: 1
More steel
Title:  More steel
Description:  JB Hunt has, in the last ten years or so, invested in an ever growing fleet of steel containers. Theyre sturdier than the older plate side boxes, but still all domestic traffic. A pair ride west on BNSF.
Photo Date:  2/23/2019  Upload Date: 9/17/2019 4:19:10 AM
Location:  Racine, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  211   Comments: 1
Dutch treat
Title:  Dutch treat
Description:  A Maersk box rides high atop a Hyundai box as they make their way to the Port of LA.
Photo Date:  2/23/2019  Upload Date: 9/17/2019 4:20:25 AM
Location:  Racine, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  205   Comments: 0
One of many
Title:  One of many
Description:  These bright pink ONE containers seem to be showing up everywhere now. This one is headed west on BNSF.
Photo Date:  2/23/2019  Upload Date: 9/17/2019 4:21:36 AM
Location:  Racine, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  206   Comments: 0
Moving Swiftly
Title:  Moving Swiftly
Description:  These Swift Transport containers will probably move faster on this train than they ever will over the road, making 70-plus across most of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona on this BNSF train.
Photo Date:  2/23/2019  Upload Date: 9/17/2019 4:27:16 AM
Location:  Racine, MO
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  162   Comments: 1
Double JBs
Title:  Double JBs
Description:  A stacked pair of JB Hunt steel containers ride on a southbound M train.
Photo Date:  5/6/2020  Upload Date: 5/11/2020 5:40:50 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  133   Comments: 2
JB Hunt boxes
Title:  JB Hunt boxes
Description:  Another set of JB Hunt steel containers on a southbound KCS train.
Photo Date:  5/6/2020  Upload Date: 5/11/2020 5:44:15 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  110   Comments: 2
Peeking out
Title:  Peeking out
Description:  A single JB Hunt box peeks out from behind the Stilwell staton as it heads south.
Photo Date:  5/6/2020  Upload Date: 5/11/2020 5:59:59 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  107   Comments: 2
JB Hunt box rear view
Title:  JB Hunt box rear view
Description:  This is the rear of a JB Hunt Wabash National plate side container. The chassis is old enough that I might have pulled it when I drove for them 20 plus years ago.
Photo Date:  6/16/2020  Upload Date: 7/9/2020 5:26:52 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  87   Comments: 2
JB Hunt box side view
Title:  JB Hunt box side view
Description:  A JB Hunt plate side 53 foot container in a drop lot at Siloam Springs.
Photo Date:  6/16/2020  Upload Date: 7/9/2020 5:50:55 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  67   Comments: 1
JB Hunt box, nose view
Title:  JB Hunt box, nose view
Description:  The nose end of this Wabash National plate side container.
Photo Date:  6/16/2020  Upload Date: 7/9/2020 6:09:49 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  74   Comments: 1
TOFC
Title:  TOFC
Description:  Once the epitome of intermodal transport, this TOFC trailer is now a MOW vehicle. It was spotted at the Siloam Springs team track for several weeks.
Photo Date:  6/16/2020  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 4:43:17 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  98   Comments: 1
Rolling to Mexico
Title:  Rolling to Mexico
Description:  A cut of JB Hunt containers is on todays Q train, rolling to the border.
Photo Date:  11/5/2020  Upload Date: 11/23/2020 5:28:59 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  63   Comments: 1
KCS intermodal
Title:  KCS intermodal
Description:  There is one train every day that handles intermodal, the Q train that originates in Kansas City. Most days it has a block of JB Hunt containers for Mexico, as we see here crossing Baron Creek.
Photo Date:  11/12/2020  Upload Date: 11/23/2020 5:23:45 AM
Location:  Baron, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Action
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Views:  44   Comments: 1
Q by the station
Title:  Q by the station
Description:  The Q train passes the station in Stilwell, its JB Hunt containers towering over the building.
Photo Date:  11/12/2020  Upload Date: 11/23/2020 5:34:27 AM
Location:  Stilwell, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Action
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Views:  57   Comments: 1
Stacked CSX
Title:  Stacked CSX
Description:  I caught these two CSX boxes stacked on a westbound UP train on the ex Rock Island, ironically, the train was pulled by a pair of CSX GEs.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 11/23/2020 5:07:55 AM
Location:  Pratt, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  62   Comments: 1
Old scheme CSX
Title:  Old scheme CSX
Description:  A white CSX box it riding the top on this UP westbound.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 11/23/2020 5:12:13 AM
Location:  Pratt, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  79   Comments: 1
Umaxed
Title:  Umaxed
Description:  A Umax box rolls west on a UP stack train.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 11/23/2020 5:13:47 AM
Location:  Pratt, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  94   Comments: 1
Pacer Stack Train
Title:  Pacer Stack Train
Description:  A Pacer box with UMXU reporting marks on a westbound UP train on the ex Rock.
Photo Date:  11/20/2020  Upload Date: 11/23/2020 5:15:33 AM
Location:  Pratt, KS
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  86   Comments: 1
JB Hunt six pack
Title:  JB Hunt six pack
Description:  A half dozen JB Hunt boxes bound for Mexico fill this three unit stack car on a southbound Q train. Hopefully the climate is a little better there than here!!
Photo Date:  2/18/2021  Upload Date: 3/2/2021 5:19:10 AM
Location:  Gentry, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Winter,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  66   Comments: 1
Banging the diamond
Title:  Banging the diamond
Description:  I rolled into Vinita to see a southbound on the UPs ex MKT line. My initial reaction was to turn and chase, since even with a relatively fast US 69 going south, it could still be a challenge to catch up. Then I thought, lets see if theres a train waiting on the BNSF. Sure enough, there was, and eastbound stack train. I rolled him by, getting some of the containers banging over the crossing.
Photo Date:  3/28/2021  Upload Date: 4/11/2021 5:03:04 AM
Location:  Vinita, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  71   Comments: 1
Wal Mart box
Title:  Wal Mart box
Description:  Containerized freight has even reached Wal Mart. I think this is the first Wal Mart container Ive seen.
Photo Date:  3/28/2021  Upload Date: 4/11/2021 5:07:33 AM
Location:  Vinita, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  151   Comments: 1
JB Hunt boxes over the MKT
Title:  JB Hunt boxes over the MKT
Description:  A pair of JB Hunt boxes share a well car as they bang over the MKT diamonds on and eastbound BNSF train.
Photo Date:  3/28/2021  Upload Date: 4/11/2021 5:13:31 AM
Location:  Vinita, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  92   Comments: 1
Only a few today
Title:  Only a few today
Description:  A short, four platform set of containers rolls south on the Q train.
Photo Date:  9/22/2021  Upload Date: 9/26/2021 4:44:04 AM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 1
JB Hunt boxes
Title:  JB Hunt boxes
Description:  JB Hunt is a major user of intermodal, and has been since JB himself and Mike Haverty rode together on the Santa Fe back in 1990. Haverty wound up here on KCS, so its no surprise that JB Hunt boxes did too. These are northbound on the Q train.
Photo Date:  10/26/2021  Upload Date: 12/15/2021 5:04:06 AM
Location:  Siloam Springs, AR
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  85   Comments: 0
Mr Magoo??
Title:  Mr Magoo??
Description:  Not exactly. I doubt the nearsighted old gent has anything to do with this steamship contiainer on this BNSF eastbound intermodal train with MAGU reporting marks for Magellan Transport Logistics. P&O Ned Lloyd shares the car.
Photo Date:  11/7/2021  Upload Date: 12/15/2021 5:07:35 AM
Location:  Alva, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  109   Comments: 0
C H Robinson
Title:  C H Robinson
Description:  This light blue container is owned by logistics firm C H Robinson, and is eastbound on the BNSF on a Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  11/7/2021  Upload Date: 12/15/2021 5:11:27 AM
Location:  Alva, OK
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  115   Comments: 0
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
Locomotives: 
Views:  102   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  100   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  59   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  41   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  67   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
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  85   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
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  64   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  60   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  52   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
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  89   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:  33   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  113   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
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  54   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
Locomotives: 
Views:  105   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:  42   Comments: 1

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