AKZO/NOBEL, Filtrol, FCC Covered Hoppers

Englehard (now part of BASF) regularly shipped Filtrol and related petroleum catalyst products into and through New Orleans via NS; I seldom saw them on CSX. AKZO NOBEL cars often traveled with the Englehard and Filtrol cars. One NS train had these cars all traveling in a group.

NAHX #550383 FCC Catalysts-AKZO-NOBEL  pressure differential covered hopper B-end on the NS at Oliver Junction New Orleans 05-14-1997

NAHX #550383 FCC Catalysts-AKZO-NOBEL  pressure differential covered hopper on the NS at Oliver Junction New Orleans 05-14-1997

NAHX #551231 FCC Catalysts-AKZO-NOBEL cylindrical pressure differential covered hopper on the NS at Oliver Junction New Orleans 05-14-1997

NAHX #487333 Filtrol Catalysts  3-bay 4750cf covered hopper on the NS at Oliver Junction New Orleans 05-14-1997

NAHX #487347 Filtrol Catalysts  3-bay 4750cf covered hopper on the NS at Oliver Junction New Orleans 05-14-1997

Steel Train Into NS Norris Yard - Irondale AL 02-17-2013

Returning from a short trip with Mrs. HOI, I stopped by the NS Norris Yard in Irondale, Al. to see what was going on. It was hazy and mid-afternoon so I knew photo quality would be iffy, but the long train of steel coil, forms, and ingots was too much to pass up.

The train included coil cars (open and hooded), coil gondolas (open and hooded), flat cars, low-bulkhead flat cars, bulkhead flat cars, gondolas, and coal gondolas converted to scrap metal service.

I apologize for the lack of captions here, but cut-n-pasting 86 captions was more than I was willing to take on this afternoon.