Strange

[Matthyro]

OK what are these cylindrical hoppers doing in this wood pulp loading yard?

This photo taken at Hearst Ontario by my daughter who accompanies her husband truck driver. She keeps a watch for railroads wherever they go and takes pictures for me.

 

[Matthyro]

Some more hoppers

Quite a string of them.

 

[billk]

Beer supply for the crew?

 

[roryglasgow]

Maybe they were carrying that talcum powder that was spilled all over the area!

-Rory

P.S. - Why are there detail parts under my arm?

P.P.S. - I know...I should give it a rest!

 

[farmer ron]

Near where we are there is numerous sawmills along the Fraser River, quite often the railroads do not have a place at their destination or main holding yard to put cars, so quite often they just dump them where there is an empty siding. The cars are usually only there for a day or two then gone. In your first photo it appears as the track is a storrage track and not a loading track so chances are it was a short stay.
Ron..