Loooooooong Trains"

[mr.haney]

Pulled up to the tracks a few seconds to late,my God how long are these trains now days.I think the engine is here in Okmulgee while the rear is just leaving Tulsa.Started counting the cars,70,80,90 holy crap.

 

[nemesis]

I thought I had seen long trains until my first trip through New Mexico and Arizona. Those trains snaking through the mountains must have had cars all the way back to Topeka.

 

[Sdane]

Amazing that those things can even move that much weight.

 

[rhodesbe]

Stop buying crap from China, and the trains get shorter. But then again, then the Interstates would get more crowded. Stupid consumer based economy.

 

[RidgeHunter]

Nothing worse than cutting your deer woods commute a bit close and seeing those flashing lights come on about 1/4 mile ahead of you.

Stop buying crap from China, and the trains get shorter.

They's gots train tracks to China now?

 

[rhodesbe]

They's gots train tracks to China now?

Nah, but those long trains are loaded up with double-stacks of shipping containers offloaded from the ports.

 

[OKIE-CARBINE]

where was he headed?

but seriously, what was it haulin?

 

[onearmedman]

Southbound? If so, maybe hopper cars of grain to feed the Peoples Liberation Army/Navy (PLAN).

 

[Biggsly]

I thought I had seen long trains until my first trip through New Mexico and Arizona. Those trains snaking through the mountains must have had cars all the way back to Topeka.

I took this pic going through New Mexico. We had been following it for a long time. I wish I would have taken a pic from farther back. This was out the window at about 75.