Amtrak Ballast Cars

Trains Magazine Passenger
1

Ballast cars pass in a NS freight…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idOHxrLg4Wo

2

Solid block of what looked like well over 120 Herzog ballast cars went north on the ex-IC at Aulon last night. I’d have counted them if I’d realized how long the train’s consist would be.

3

I couldn’t quite tell. Did the hoppers carry the AMTK reporting mark?

4

Yes

Is there a reason why they are smaller than the ones Herzog uses?

Is this for use in tunnels?

5

Nice to see untagged cars. Suppose that won’t last long.