The Rambler - RLUY 18651.

Looking very fresh, and following on from my Moniker post the other week, The Rambler has been sighted on RLUY 18651.

This now makes 4 classic moniker Sadleirs vans.

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Another Tube Skid!

Grabbed another Coregas Tube skid yesterday which is T584 and NKBU 130879-9.

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Another Coregas 40ft Tube Skid

Following on from my last sighting in June 2020  I snapped this different 40ft tube skid.  NKCU 100668-4 is marked as T580 for Coregas and carries compressed Hydrogen.  

This tank looks a bit neater in design than T583 which has an offset tube design.  

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Aussie Boxcar Tribute to Classic US Monikers

The railroads in the US have a long tradition of 'boxcar art' where railroad workers and hobos would chalk their name or a drawing onto the side of a boxcar.  This folk art goes back to the 19th century amd probably hit a peak in the mid to late 20th century.  

Originally chalk, and now paint crayons, are the weapon of choice for monikers (tags, nicknames, cartoons) to be applied to the side of freight wagons.  This is very much a precursor to aerosol /spray can graffiti. 

In the US, interchange rules would mean that freight cars could travel all over North America and there is some great reading available on this art form.  

The Massillon Museum did an exhibition in 2018, and this onine book is a great and interesting read; MONIKER.

There are some classic monikers around from yesteryear with some of the famous ones being Bozo Texino, Herby, Colossus of Roads, The Gambler, and The Kodak Kidd.  The list goes on....

Such mystery and folk art appear saw a move created a few years back Who is BOZO TEXINO.

Anyway, I have noticed lately that MTWO and COLA have been doing tributes to these classic monikers on Sadleir RLSY and RLUY vans.  Check them out below:

Bozo Texino on the side of a boxcar.  (Internet image)

buZ blurr, creator of Colossus of Roads.   (Internet image)

The Kodak Kidd.   (Internet image)

Herbert A Mayer (Herby).   (Internet image)

On a trip to the US a few years ago, I wasn't specifically looking out for these, but did photo a couple in my travels.

Colossus of Roads on a GACX boxcar.

The Kodak Kidd on a NS col hopper.

The tributes to these moniker classics are pretty recent.  Here are the four that I am aware of.  There might be others. 

RLUY 18596 with Palm Tree Herby.

RLSY 18071 with Who is Bozo Texino.

RLUY 18675 with Colossus of Roads.

RLUY 18651 with The Rambler

A more subtle tribute to Palm Tree Herby on PBSY 0017 by Kotor back in 2017.

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Former CS Leasing Side Door

Class leader SLZU 170000-9 now painted in Caledonia Group bright red.

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Lindsay Transport Dry Containers

 Always love seeing new paint schemes, and Lindsay Transport have been buying and painting some second hand 48ft dry containers.  

LTCD 489602 appears to be an ex FCL brown container.

LTCD 489603 appears to be an ex FCL brown container.

LTCD 489104 appears to be an ex Boxcar (come Linfox) container.

LTCD 489105 appears to be an ex Boxcar (come Linfox) container.

The numbering system appears to be 48 for the legnth, 96 or 91 for the height (9'6 or 9'10) and the last two digits for the road numbers.

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Tahmoor Morning

A few photos from the Tahmoor deviation last week.  Managed a nice combo on the SSR Yellow grain train, a crossing shot with 2196 stonie, and the Qube cement job to Maldon.

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Interesting Side Door

Snapped this on MB4 yesterday morning.  LYPU 002947-2 which are marked as a 45G3 which two large side doors.

Repainted Cronos Bulker

Came across this repaint on a PS6 service the other week.  The number series appears to be a Cronos box.  The colour looks like SCF dark grey.  No idea what the plywood panel is doing! 

Cosco 22G1 Repair

A bit of an odd patch colour on this suspected repaired Cosco 22G1 box.

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