Trains on this day in the past:

[bdw9535]

Southern RR of NJ U30B with stone cars at Winslow, March 1994.

Bruce

[Charlie B]

March 18, 1978, on an eastbound through East Palestine, Ohio     Charlie

[Charlie B]

March 19, 1978. C30-7 6602 leads CG8 through East Palestine heading for Conway.     Charlie

[FiatFan]

Charlie - thanks for posting that pic yesterday. That's the reason I enjoy trains. As a kid I never paid attention to the engines, I was always interested in the box cars and the mysteries they offered. All those road names, the far off places they represented, the contents. When we were stopped by a train, it was never going slow enough for me to read all the road names and think about all the mysteries they brought into my life.

Tom

[doctorwayne]

I agree, Tom. Every moment spent at the head of the line when the crossing gates were down was like a mini-tour of far off places. The cars today are still from far off places, but with a lot smaller selection of roadnames, and a corresponding loss of attraction.

Wayne

[Charlie B]

I agree, Tom. Every moment spent at the head of the line when the crossing gates were down was like a mini-tour of far off places. The cars today are still from far off places, but with a lot smaller selection of roadnames, and a corresponding loss of attraction.

Wayne

I was too old to remember billboard refers, and I am still trying to figure why they ruled against them. I read somewhere it was to prevent transporting one brand in a car advertizing another brand (to simplify), but I have seen cars today with company ads, so why not decorate them so we can enjoy them, after all, the graffiti "artists" do it.
I remember, and have pictures of many advertising box cars such as this Reading car.
Charlie

[bdw9535]

Southern RR of NJ at Mullica on March 19, 2014.

Bruce

[Charlie B]

East bound on P&LE trackage. Wampum, Pa March, 1981     Charlie

[Charlie B]

Heading for Conway with a manifest freight March, 1978. The bridge crosses the mouth of Beaver Creek at Smith's Ferry, Pa, just east of the Oh/Pa state line.     Charlie

[Charlie B]

March of 77 and this  GP9 lettered CR locomotive still shows its heritage. East Palestine, Ohio    

[Charlie B]

March 23, 2008 C40-9w leads a container train east at Aley Hill Road near Homewood Jct, Pa.    
Charlie

[bdw9535]

CSX 4415 drills the yard at Burlington, NJ on March 23, 2009.

Bruce

[bdw9535]

CR 8090 heads up a consist of one boxcar and twenty five stone cars for interchange with the Southern RR of NJ, March, 1997.

Bruce

[Charlie B]

A mixed consist in Freedom, Pa March, 1978    
Charlie

[bdw9535]

CSX Q418 is coming off of the Delair Bridge and is making it's way into Pavonia Yard at Camden on March 25, 2009.

Bruce