Why the box car there with the power units?
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Gene, the boxcar is a Buffer car. Required by the FRA.
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That's probably a covered hopper--note the roofwalk and hatches--used as a "buffer" car. BNSF used a buffer car between the engines and DPU on oil trains like this one, at least during the time I lived near the BNSF lines near Galesburg, IL several years ago.
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| Posted by BT on November 3, 2019 | |
Buffer Car. FRA requires it.
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Should be one in front of DPU's as well.
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