Re: A little help from the group
Author: George Andrews
Date: 01-25-2019 - 15:14
J Wrote:
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> Don't forget the Crockett Rocket that used to
> serve C&H.
>
> Many locals had the word "flyer" added after the
> name of the area they served as a sardonic comment
> on their low speeds compared to a flyer express
> train.
>
> We can always shift to symbols The loaded Kaiser
> Ore train from Ferrum to Kaiser was called the
> Brown Streak. Was it because of the rusty-colored
> pellets for from it's symbol: FEKAL?
BNSF has The Renton Rocket, running from South Seattle down the mainline to Black River Jct., then up the old Pacific Coast RR / Milwaukee Road to the Boeing 737 Assembly plant in Renton. It hauls several 737 fuselages every day, along with service to the garbage re - load.