09-20-2013, 02:09 PM
I was out railfanning Zenith yard this morning, and it looks like a freight came in overnight and left JM 34765:
![[Image: Xchange_Jersey_Mercantile_1.jpg]](http://www.thewhistlepost.com/forums/gallery/data/500/Xchange_Jersey_Mercantile_1.jpg)
My source in the yard office told me it had come in on an empty car waybill. There's always an imbalance of loads into New Jersey, although the JM itself would probably keep its own empty, since they wouldn't have to pay per diem on it. I guess maybe the PRR or Jersey Central shipped it back to get rid of the per diem payment on the empty car, but it's wound up on the LF&NW, which will have to find a load for it!
It looks like somebody had an order for an empty boxcar, though, because the first shift switcher was switching it out a little later:
![[Image: Xchange_Jersey_Mercantile_2.jpg]](http://www.thewhistlepost.com/forums/gallery/data/500/Xchange_Jersey_Mercantile_2.jpg)
More photos to come!
My source in the yard office told me it had come in on an empty car waybill. There's always an imbalance of loads into New Jersey, although the JM itself would probably keep its own empty, since they wouldn't have to pay per diem on it. I guess maybe the PRR or Jersey Central shipped it back to get rid of the per diem payment on the empty car, but it's wound up on the LF&NW, which will have to find a load for it!
It looks like somebody had an order for an empty boxcar, though, because the first shift switcher was switching it out a little later:
More photos to come!