Yes. I rewatched the video, and the headend cement cars didn't have compressed springs. The plastic pellet cars were compressed springs. Near the rear of the train, every other car appeared to be loaded, and the other half of them were empty.AARR wrote:Thanks AANR. Were the cement cars on the head end empty?AANscaleRunner wrote:Weight restrictions on the Manistee River bridge. The crew kicked them out in Kalkaska.AARR wrote:Does anyone know why they alternate plastic pellet car / cement car for about the first 10-15 or so cars?
So it was locomotives, then empty cement car, then loaded plastic car...repeat for a while, then rear of train had a loaded cement, then empty cement, and repeat. i can see why they want the bridge replaced