tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post3483033908630430501..comments2024-03-27T08:04:11.430-04:00Comments on THE BEACHBURG SUB: Reasons to appreciate rolling stock (Part III)Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07917230984518214781noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post-87664774371166643632017-08-22T18:29:11.524-04:002017-08-22T18:29:11.524-04:00I never thought of that, but excellent points. It ...I never thought of that, but excellent points. It harkens back to the days when boxcars were sometimes branded. The only other retailer that I can think of that has such a highly visible brand aboard the rails is Tropicana. But, you raise the key point that people connect to Canadian Tire when they see those containers. It's a way that not only brands the store, it also humanizes the railway.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917230984518214781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post-56961209375620468472017-08-22T11:58:54.375-04:002017-08-22T11:58:54.375-04:00When it comes to containers, the Canadian Tire one...When it comes to containers, the Canadian Tire ones are my favourites; the following is why. <br /><br />When the average person from the public is sitting in their car, seeing normal freight cars means nothing to them. There is nothing they can relate to. <br /><br />When watching an intermodal train go by, it's nearly the same thing. <br /><br />ZIM, K Line, Cosco, China Shipping, APL, CMA CGM, Evergreen, H&R, Trans X, CN, Western Canada Express, the list goes on ... these names mean nothing to the average person. <br /><br />Now, when a Canadian Tire container rolls through, the people can have an immediate connection with that container and know what is being shipped. They have most likely been inside a Canadian Tire or at least have seen one. The containers simply belonging to a shipping company are essentially advertising to no one. <br /><br />Canadian Tire is giving themselves free marketing using their own fleet of containers. It really is genius. The red really pops too. <br /><br />Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other retailer in Canada currently using their own containers. Even Fed Ex and UPS don't use their own containers in Canada. <br />GP9Rm4108https://www.blogger.com/profile/15089025192333706088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post-4845420800303831212017-08-19T21:45:12.281-04:002017-08-19T21:45:12.281-04:00Thanks for the comments, gents. Steve, good to kno...Thanks for the comments, gents. Steve, good to know that some railways use a single container well car in a consist. I'd like to see that. It seems like such a rarity. Keith, I keep talking about heading out to the east end of the city to catch something. Let's be honest. The real action for any railfan in Ottawa is in the east end. Wish I was in Ottawa this weekend so I could catch the CPR 150 train. What a weekend to be out of town!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917230984518214781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post-20998610102835043842017-08-19T21:25:14.586-04:002017-08-19T21:25:14.586-04:00What's too bad is that there's no more cab...What's too bad is that there's no more caboose, or van, at the end. We (my brother, sister, and I) would wave enthusiastically when the end of the train came by when we were kids (it helped that we lived in Milton, where there was a CP main that passed right through town, and a CN line that skirted around it). <br /><br />Not to be forgotten either is signalling. I drive on Russell Road in the east end of the city on a regular basis. Nothing excites me more on this stretch of road than seeing a highball!Keith Boardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221170958612825220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680264279342137192.post-67507035984078022142017-08-16T01:04:37.345-04:002017-08-16T01:04:37.345-04:00These days, with digital cameras, there's no e...These days, with digital cameras, there's no excuse not to photograph everything.<br /><br />Never say never with railways... I've seen a single container car on a train several times. Once I saw one used as the buffer car between a unit oil train and the locomotives.. very odd. On the NB Southern shortline through Maine and New Brunswick, it is not unusual to see a single container car on a freight train now and then.<br /><br />I like container trains, potash trains and oil trains for their uniformity... the "black snake" of oil trains and the "wall" of container trains. Patterns...Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com