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CSX Freight Car Cornucopia - 6-12-2012

Rail Fan Adventure --
1. CSX aggregate hopper 291918 at Shelby on 7-10-11  Ex-CSXT 348302.
CSX aggregate hopper 291918
 
 
2. CSX 292893 has a load limit of 226,600 lbs.  Shelby, 7-10-11 Ex-CSXT 831700.
CSX 292893 has a load limit of 226,600 lbs.


3. CSX 482451 has a load limit of 188,800.  It was built by Greenville Steel Car Co. in 1981, and I believe it is ex-P&LE.  Shelby on 1-8-12.
Ex-CSXT 47354.  It had been equipped with bulkheads as built, but I suspect CSX removed them.
CSX 482451 has a load limit of 188,800.


4. CSX 485849 has a ld. limit. of 194,900 and a volume of 2743 cubic feet.  It was built 1-73.  Shelby on 6-11-11.
Ex-CSXT 704812; renumbered when rebuilt with higher sides.
CSX 485849 has a ld. limit. of 194,900 and a volume of 2743 cubic feet.


5. CSX 490752 has a ld. lmt. of 191,000 and a volume of 3224.  Built 11-71.  Shelby on 6-11-11.  Ex-SCL 133933.CSX 490752 has a ld. lmt. of 191,000 and a volume of 3224.


6. CSX 491077 has a ld. lmt. of 211,800 and a volume of 3242.  It was built 4-96.  6-11-11.
CSX 491077 has a ld. lmt. of 211,800 and a volume of 3242.


7. CSX 491801 has a ld. lmt. of 208,900 and a volume of 3564.  Built by Gunderson Concarril 2-09.  Shelby on 7-30-11.  CSX 491801 has a ld. lmt. of 208,900 and a volume of 3564.


8. CSX slab car 604245 has a ld. limit of 216,500.  On a siding at Maysville, Ky, on 8-4-11.  Notice the "HOT" placard.  Ex-CSXT 408430 (pulpwood car?).CSX slab car 604245 has a ld. limit of 216,500.


9. CSX slab car 604312 has a ld. lmt. of 235,000.  It was originally built in 1967. I wonder if these weren't bad orders set off by the AK Steel slab train running between Middletown and Ashland.  Ex-CSXT 499163, a coil car that began life as P&LE 142159. 
CSX slab car 604312 has a ld. lmt. of 235,000.


 


Train images used by permission of Everett N Young. Original text provided by Everett N Young, with additional car ancestry provided by Carl Shaver.

last update - 26 Aug 2012