Coaches with car body damage

Hey folks, I just noticed today that 1721 and 1827 are listed as awaiting car body repairs. I wonder what happened to them.

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I meant this time around. That was back when it lost its plow a while back. Also I forgot to mention 1631 in the previous post.

Not sure about those two but 1631 was also taken out for repairs, according to the Commuter Rail Facebook page it hit a vehicle at the end of last year, looks like it's being repaired on site and not a place like Delaware.

MBTX 379 is coming back from Delaware Car. Not to sure how it got damaged.

Due to be picked up at Bear by NS K53-21

Not showing out of Bear on NS as yet. Previous post was incorrect! That was the delivery to Bear by NS 7/21/20 by K53-21!

Remember back when 1533 was derailed outside of south station going to south Hampton yard? I betcha that coach derailed too.

Here's a good one - NS's version of PSR...The 379 was sent all the way west to Elkhart, Indiana from Bear, Delaware!

i saw that too, i was wondering what it was doing way out there

This might be MBTA coach 379 returning east on NS 310 (I think) heading for Binghamton as seen at Elkhart at 0210 this morning. It was positioned approximately mid train with 40 cars ahead (including 33 loaded auto racks) and about 66 cars behind (including lots of heavy frac sand and grain covered hoppers). Also one of its vestibule doors is open.

Yup that’s definitely 379 coming back home where she belongs.

The placement of this coach on both trains in and out of Elkhart was scary! 15N was amazing. The 379 was in the middle of about 10 long flatcars with an empty center beam to boot.

Does this "freight service" stress the frame? Does anybody have to answer for the doors not being secured?

Freight conductors don’t carry coach keys.

The in train forces in passenger service aren’t lighter than freight. Sure, freight cars are pulled hard with a lot of weight behind them, but if it’s too much the knuckle lets go. Freight cars don’t go 0-80 12 times per trip and don’t have wheelslide systems that bang the cars into eachother like a Newton’s pendulum.