ATSF What type of boxcar is this one?

NSCALEMIKE Jun 4, 2004

  1. NSCALEMIKE

    NSCALEMIKE TrainBoard Member

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    Taken in 1982, an ATSF boxcar...might have at this point been used by their MOW dept...I was curious what type of car it is...when it was manufactured etc...


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    NSCALEMIKE, Jun 4, 2004
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  2. slimjim

    slimjim Passed away January 2006 In Memoriam

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    Looks like an express reefer to me. Notice the trucks. Normally used in passanger trains.
     
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  3. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Definitely an insulated car. Box or reefer. Trucks supplied for higher speeds as Jim has noted.

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    BoxcabE50, Jun 5, 2004
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  4. NSCALEMIKE

    NSCALEMIKE TrainBoard Member

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    Thanks gang...appreciate the responses...
     
    NSCALEMIKE, Jun 5, 2004
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  5. Don Rickle

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    I caught a similar car near Ottawa, KS on July 8, 1996. Minus the high speed trucks, high hand brake, roof ladders. Used as a buffer car (tool car?) for a ribbon rail train. However, the more I compare the two I don't think they are exactly the same.
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  6. rray

    rray Staff Member

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    It looks like there are ice hatches from the photo... I vote 50' express reefer too. [​IMG]
     
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  7. Martyn Read

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    Don, 2nd pic is a mechanical reefer not an ice reefer, see the sliding panel at the far end where the mechanical bits are.

    Nice to see the classic paint schemes still around though. [​IMG]
     
    Martyn Read, Jun 7, 2004
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