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By:Rev. Jonathan Spurlock
Dates:11/1/2012 - 11/26/2012
Album Info:Photos of various freight cars taken in November, 2012.
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TILX 641770
Title:  TILX 641770
Description:  TILX 641770 waits for its next destination in the BNSF yards, Abilene, KS on 11-04-2012. Notice the "Vera Sun Energy" lettering.
Photo Date:  11/4/2012  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 8:09:40 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  57   Comments: 0
AOK 181876, ex-C&NW, side view
Title:  AOK 181876, ex-C&NW, side view
Description:  AOK 181876, former C&NW, in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012. The C&NW herald has just about disappered.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 9:12:25 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  36   Comments: 0
AOK 181876, close-up of lettering
Title:  AOK 181876, close-up of lettering
Description:  A close-up of the side lettering of AOK, ex-C&NW, 181876. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 9:12:58 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  51   Comments: 0
BN 459651
Title:  BN 459651
Description:  BN 459651 has the BN logo painted low, just above the car number on the left side. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 9:13:34 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  46   Comments: 0
BN 467629
Title:  BN 467629
Description:  BN 467629 has the BN logo mounted high on the left side. The morning sun made this car look more faded than it really was. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/22/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 9:30:27 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  39   Comments: 0
BN 471571
Title:  BN 471571
Description:  BN 471571 in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/22/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 9:30:59 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  38   Comments: 0
BN 471825
Title:  BN 471825
Description:  BN 471825, in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/22/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 9:31:35 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  44   Comments: 0
BN 565783
Title:  BN 565783
Description:  BN 565783 is a gondola with "corrugated" sides. The BN herald is over at the right end but it's almost gone. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 9:48:47 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  50   Comments: 0
BNSF 430804
Title:  BNSF 430804
Description:  BNSF 430804 has the small BNSF logo at the top right corner. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012. The morning sun's rays made the car look almost multi-colored!
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 9:49:15 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  46   Comments: 0
BNSF 487677, 11-18-2012
Title:  BNSF 487677, 11-18-2012
Description:  BNSF 487677 in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012. This car has the large, white, BNSF "swoosh" lettering.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 9:49:45 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  39   Comments: 0
CP 384596
Title:  CP 384596
Description:  CP 384596 still has the black body, and the red/white multi-mark emblem at the left side of this car. Notice the overall cylindrical shape of this car. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 9:50:11 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
CP 606348
Title:  CP 606348
Description:  CP 606348 has the reddish-orange color. white "Canada" lettering, and golden yellow wheat outlines on the cylindrical car body. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 10:06:16 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  55   Comments: 0
GACX 56588
Title:  GACX 56588
Description:  GACX 56588, an Airslide-style covered hopper, has a blue paint scheme that looks a lot like the Great Northern's Big Sky blue, with other colors in various places. This car has the stenciled "DO NOT LOAD" warning, in red letters, in the center of the car body. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 10:06:53 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  165   Comments: 0
GACX 56660
Title:  GACX 56660
Description:  GACX 56660 is an Airslide-style covered hopper, part of a westbound train in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 10:07:19 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  62   Comments: 0
GATX 15982
Title:  GATX 15982
Description:  GATX 15982 does not have a safety placard in the holder. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 10:07:52 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  46   Comments: 0
GATX 26861
Title:  GATX 26861
Description:  GATX 26861, in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012. No safety placard or haz-mat warning in the holder.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 10:08:21 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  44   Comments: 0
HS 2732
Title:  HS 2732
Description:  HS 2732, purchased from another owner, has a single sliding door. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 10:42:59 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
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Views:  168   Comments: 0
KYLE 5335
Title:  KYLE 5335
Description:  KYLE 5335, single-sliding door boxcar, in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 10:43:57 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
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Views:  55   Comments: 0
KYLE 5376
Title:  KYLE 5376
Description:  KYLE 5376 has an open sliding door on one side. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 10:44:30 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  81   Comments: 0
KYLE 27234, ex-Far-Port Co-op of Imperial, NE
Title:  KYLE 27234, ex-Far-Port Co-op of Imperial, NE
Description:  KYLE 27234, ex-Far-Port Co-op of Imperial, NE, in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 10:46:07 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  132   Comments: 0
KYLE 490443
Title:  KYLE 490443
Description:  KYLE 490443 has streaks of rust or some other kind of weathering on a few ribs. Car is actually a light gray color but it looks like it has a bluish tint in this photo. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 10:46:37 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  53   Comments: 0
MDW 13145
Title:  MDW 13145
Description:  MDW 13145 has a sliding door and a partial plug door. The "MDW" is very neat but the "13145" appears to have been applied by hand, perhaps to touch-up what the graffiti covered. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 11:14:32 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  125   Comments: 0
MP 650099
Title:  MP 650099
Description:  MP 650099 wears a Union Pacific shield but still has MP lettering. This car was parked on a siding in Junction City, KS for a couple of days but was removed a day or two after I got this photo. Junction City, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 11:15:05 PM
Location:  Junction City, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  65   Comments: 0
NAHX 80115
Title:  NAHX 80115
Description:  NAHX 80115 has rust streaks or another form of weathering on three of the ribs. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 11:15:45 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  58   Comments: 0
NDYX 830356
Title:  NDYX 830356
Description:  NDYX 830356, in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012. Notice how the X was transformed into a Y by painting over one of the "legs"!
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 11:42:44 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  49   Comments: 0
NDYX 830649
Title:  NDYX 830649
Description:  NDYX 830649, previous history unknown, is in the BNSF yards in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/23/2012 11:43:27 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  45   Comments: 0
NOKL 816974
Title:  NOKL 816974
Description:  NOKL 816974 is a three-outlet, ACF Center-Flow (TM) covered hopper. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:22:49 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  57   Comments: 0
NOKL 821000
Title:  NOKL 821000
Description:  NOKL 821000, Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012. Previous owner and history unknown.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:23:32 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  39   Comments: 0
NOKL 821479
Title:  NOKL 821479
Description:  NOKL 821479 is painted a light gray, almost blue, with black lettering. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012. Previous owner and history unknown.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:24:05 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  48   Comments: 0
NOKL 821968
Title:  NOKL 821968
Description:  NOKL 821968 has quite a bit of weathering and rust as it waits for its next destination. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012. Previous history unknown.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:24:51 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  52   Comments: 1
NOKL 822278, 11-18-2012
Title:  NOKL 822278, 11-18-2012
Description:  NOKL 822278, with a red-and-white paint scheme, awaits its next destination in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:25:25 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
NOKL 822844
Title:  NOKL 822844
Description:  NOKL 822844 has very little lettering on its basic gray paint scheme. Abilene, KS: 11-28-2012. Previous history unknown.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:25:58 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
NOKL 823669
Title:  NOKL 823669
Description:  Abilene, KS, on 11-28-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:26:31 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  57   Comments: 0
NOKL 823982
Title:  NOKL 823982
Description:  NOKL 823982, ex-Morrison-Quirk Grain Corp. car, in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:27:08 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
NOKL 823998
Title:  NOKL 823998
Description:  NOKL 823998, former Morrison Grain Co., Inc., car in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:27:40 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  60   Comments: 0
NOKL 826767
Title:  NOKL 826767
Description:  NOKL 826767 in a very good coat of paint, in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:28:19 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  53   Comments: 0
NOKL 827347
Title:  NOKL 827347
Description:  NOKL 827347, Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012. Car's previous history and owner/s unknown.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:29:02 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  49   Comments: 0
NOKL 827468
Title:  NOKL 827468
Description:  NOKL 827468, still with lettering for XTRA, at Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012. Notice the arched or rounded roof on this car.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:30:22 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
NOKL 828012
Title:  NOKL 828012
Description:  NOKL 828012, with the previous owner's red and white paint scheme, in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:31:02 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  52   Comments: 0
NOKL 828138
Title:  NOKL 828138
Description:  NOKL 828138 has an almost blue shade of gray, plus several rust streaks, as it awaits its next destination in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012. Previous history and ownership of this car is unknown.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:31:45 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  52   Comments: 0
NOKL 829808
Title:  NOKL 829808
Description:  NOKL 829808 looks fairly new or recently repainted. The owner's initials or reporting marks are different. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:32:27 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
NOKL 830651
Title:  NOKL 830651
Description:  NOKL 830651 shows recently repainted "NOKL" lettering. The rest of the car looks quite new or at least recently repainted. Previous history and ownership unknown. Abilene. KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:33:32 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  48   Comments: 0
NOKL 833029
Title:  NOKL 833029
Description:  NOKL 833029, still carrying lettering for Growth Nonstock Co-Op, shows streaks of rust on most ribs as it waits the next destination in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012. Car's previous history unknown.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:34:09 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  57   Comments: 0
NOKL 833465
Title:  NOKL 833465
Description:  NOKL 833465, with freshly painted "NOKL" lettering, in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012. Previous history and ownership unknown.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:36:50 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
NOKL 834754
Title:  NOKL 834754
Description:  NOKL 834754 is an ex-C&NW car and the CNW green is peering through the coat of yellow paint it now wears. It still has the C&NW herald or logo. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 11:37:25 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  67   Comments: 0
PROX 15013
Title:  PROX 15013
Description:  PROX 15013, a short-wheelbase tank car, carries an unknown cargo, but the safety/HazMat placard is the number 1830 in black lettering. Abilene, KS: 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/27/2012 8:51:11 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  65   Comments: 0
TILX 314683
Title:  TILX 314683
Description:  TILX 314683 is part of a long westbound train, in Abilene, KS on 11-28-2012. I've heard this car was carrying ethanol but I don't know for sure. The Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) did indeed have trains with strings of these cars which indeed carried ethanol.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/27/2012 8:51:56 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  55   Comments: 0
WGR 5017
Title:  WGR 5017
Description:  WGR 5017 has a basically blue paint scheme (ex-Rock Island, perhaps?) with a lot of rust in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/27/2012 8:52:31 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  124   Comments: 0
WGR 5055
Title:  WGR 5055
Description:  WGR 5055 has an unusual paint scheme. blue being the basic color. I don't know if the brownish hue is rust,weathering or something else. This car and many others are in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/27/2012 8:53:02 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  86   Comments: 0
WGR 7094
Title:  WGR 7094
Description:  WGR 7094 is painted in a non-blue scheme (I can't tell now if it was yellowish or beige or grey) as it waits for another destination in Abilene, KS on 11-18-2012.
Photo Date:  11/18/2012  Upload Date: 11/27/2012 8:53:35 PM
Location:  Abilene, KS
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  66   Comments: 0


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