[RITSlist] Why? TTPX flat #80570

[tbrug at aol.com]

 All:

Correct. The flat car itself is owned by TTX and leased to the RR.? The railroad pays a company like Whitehead & Kales to attach the structure above the flat car and the railroad owns that.? When the car is returned to TTX at the end of the lease, the RR pays someone to remove the structure. The railroad affixes its markings per agreement with TTX and the installer.

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From: Jim Eager <jeager at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 6:42 pm
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Jeff Worones wrote:


OK, any one know why the herald?




As others surmised, it was because the cars were on long-term lease to the Rock. IIRC, the Rock also leased some OTTX chain flats for agricultural or construction equipment (the InterMountain model) that had RI shields on them. ?Other well known examples were some PTTX bulkheads with large stacked B&O initials on the bulkhead supports, and Wabash autoracks with the flatcar itself painted Wabash blue or Frisco yellow but lettered for Trailer Train. The practice was short lived, however.




David Engle's example of the Rock autoracks and Vert-A-Pacs is slightly different, though. Although the cars were leased from Trailer Train, the rack/superstructure was owned by the railroad.


 
Jim Eager <jeager at sympatico.ca>

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 








 



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