Looks like they are not even on tracks. Would seem to be a lot of unnecessary expense.
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I always hated putting my trains back in the box, too. Wild catch - thanks for sharing!
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I'm sure trying to find a place to store them on-rails would be expensive. If they have an way to move them into this field as they did (wish we had a video of that!) then it could work out OK if the land was available for storage. A good large forklift could handle these (one at a time, ouch). Drydock for railcars.
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How would they even get the hoppers into this location? A really big forklift?
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Wow...they are going to be there even longer with new government.
I agree with previous comment...they don't look like they are even on rails!!
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They aren't on rails. You can see that some of the wheels are sitting on pallets so they don't sink into the ground.
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| Posted by bradley on January 9, 2021 | |
The cost involved in getting these cars out in the field is nothing compared to the cost involved of having nothing better to do with these cars but put them out in a field...
I wonder if they could cut the ends off and kitbash them to make grain or plastic hoppers?
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| Posted by t white on January 9, 2021 | |
The wind turbines in the background add to the story of why the hoppers are in storage.
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I understand the petroleum companies have discovered a way to use more local sands and there is less fracking in general.
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| Posted by bradley on January 10, 2021 | |
No, the whirly gigs don't really effect why they're in storage. The supply has simply overwhelmed demand.
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Fascinating!
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