Container ops are boring?

[Nick_Burman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFldADfvWtY

 

Not at Mizusawa Industrial Chemicals - look, a way freight! Container cars being drilled directly into the customer's siding!

 

 

Cheers NB

[miyakoji]

Cool switcher, I'm gonna do some searching when I get to my desktop

[HantuBlauLOL]

This is cool.

 

Do you know the switcher's name?

[miyakoji]

So I've found that it's a 30 ton model built by Kyosan (協三).  Other than that, not too much.  Don't they build signal hardware?

[westfalen]

Something to look into when planning next year's trip.

[katoftw]

I don't see any containers being drilled directly to the siding?

[bikkuri bahn]

So I've found that it's a 30 ton model built by Kyosan (協三).  Other than that, not too much.  Don't they build signal hardware?

No, it's a different company, based in Fukushima.  Their products are small diesel locomotives, small steam engines for theme parks, bridge cranes for industrial use, and bridge structures, among others.

http://www.kyosankogyo.co.jp/

[Nick_Burman]

I don't see any containers being drilled directly to the siding?

 

Well, that's exactly what JRF is doing...dropping container cars at Mizusawa's siding, from where their own switcher positions the cars for loading/unloading.

 

Notice that they still practice "Stuffing" - loading containers directly on the cars, although most containers seem tp be loaded/unloaded at a pad.

 

Cheers NB

[katoftw]

And that is referred to as drilling?  But no drill is involved?

[miyakoji]

And that is referred to as trolling?  But no troll is involved?

fixed it for you

[katoftw]

Sorry but when I refer to drilling, it is the use of a drill.  I'm trying to understand the term in relation to loading and unloading containers from flat cars.

 

Shunting?

Edited April 25, 2015 by katoftw

[westfalen]

You've got it Noob, drilling is a word the Americans use for shunting.  A way freight is what we call a shunt train, or in other parts of the English speaking world a pickup freight.

Edited April 27, 2015 by westfalen