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 Posted - October 25 2020 : 12:31:41 AM
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Needed to visit parents today
I live in appleton, wi which has a CN railyard that runs along hwy 10 that i'd drive along
and I've been running this you tube channel in the background while I work from home and thought I'd take a few pics if I had time to find it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_zdpIrRqUM
this is from the roof of the Waupaca rail station museum, I didn't have time to go in and check it out, but they had a caboose and short car on outside display, so all you rivet counters can cringe at real life wear and tear
a single cabeese
anyone know what the color code is for?
webcam from above
my shot of the area
webcam shot of ME waving (chat was hilarious)
20 seconds later (carriers were full of SUVs)
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Posted - October 25 2020 : 07:57:17 AM
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The color code used to identify the car to a trackside scanner so the railroad could track car movements. This scheme didn't work very well, apparently, so it's no longer in use. I think there's now an RFID chip in a little box attached to the sides of cars.
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Posted - October 25 2020 : 07:58:03 AM
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The color code used to identify the car to a trackside scanner so the railroad could track car movements. This scheme didn't work very well, apparently, so it's no longer in use. I think there's now an RFID chip in a little box attached to the sides of cars.
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Posted - October 25 2020 : 09:06:11 AM
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| So, like before the advent of bar codes?
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Posted - October 25 2020 : 09:26:51 AM
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quote:So, like before the advent of bar codes?
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â October 25 2020Â :Â 09:06:11 AM
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Maybe concurrent with bar codes. I'd see it as a colored bar code.
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Posted - October 25 2020 : 11:18:59 AM
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Gotta love that Milwaukee Route orange caboose! Nice!
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Posted - October 25 2020 : 12:49:13 PM
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nice
I'd like to have that set of wheels in front of the caboose hehe
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Posted - October 25 2020 : 5:36:00 PM
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I got to find one of those cameras sometime and wave to it! 
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Posted - October 25 2020 : 7:02:38 PM
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Here's a little history of the KarTrak or ACI bar code and scanners to track the movement of equipment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KarTrak
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Posted - October 25 2020 : 8:55:56 PM
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quote:I got to find one of those cameras sometime and wave to it!
Originally posted by Erik The Train Nerd - October 25 2020 : 5:36:00 PM
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that is exactly the reason i did it
and the only reason
worth it
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