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Post by Mike on Oct 20, 2021 11:52:00 GMT -8
Those air cars come both in the form of converted box cars, and modified containers sitting on flat cars. I have seen quite a few of them operating on CN's north line to Prince Rupert. The photo below shows an air car (modified container) on a flat car on the tail end of a typically long stack train heading west on the Skeena Sub from last February. Here is a photo of both types of air repeater cars tucked behind the lead locomotive on an eastbound freight. Presumably they were being relocated to where they're needed. ![](//storage.proboards.com/104063/thumbnailer/wqGKHplJSAFzieABYHqm.png)
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 20, 2021 18:24:22 GMT -8
Here is a photo of both types of air repeater cars tucked behind the lead locomotive on an eastbound freight. Presumably they were being relocated to where they're needed. I was my understanding that these were being used only during winter operations, but back in June I saw three long stack trains (all on the north line) with them in use and the weather was hardly cold. Perhaps CN was doing some tests ...
It looks like CN has a fleet of at least 65 of these ...
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