OLD CARS STILL GOING

Unlike last week, not much going on this week in Montview Yard. I did, however, get a few photos of an old Illinois Terminal gon. It still has it's ACI plate! It's probably about ready to join the old autos loaded in some of the other gons nearby. When seen from above, you can see the ground underneath along the sides. Hasn't been painted in a while, possibly since the N&W bought the IT in 1982.

I also took two photos of NS caboose# 555645. It, too, has seen better days. Notice that it still has it's roofwalks. I've been told that many, if not most, NS cabooses still do have them. In the Lynchburg area, NS uses cabooses for locals serving a Glad manufacturing plant and, apparently, a scrap dealer. Most other runs usually don't see a caboose, except for the occasional over-sized load- a branch off the main through the yard serves Delta Star, who builds transformers.