Re: ORER lookup help
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Jeffrey Gray <bigsix@...>
Richard, WOW! Yes, I conjured that these cars were converted from post war (maybe 1945 or ’46 built), but your information leads to 1954 built 40’ steel Ice Bunker cars (GATX). I have seen the date of 1954, elsewhere, and was thinking that,that may have been the approximate time conversion, but now you have provided a “smoking gun” to 1959. And, yes, they were cut in-two and stretched and the original swing doors replaced, spliced side panel L-R of the door with a wider plug door, but the remaining “split ends” have the horizontal panel seams! The roof and underframe are spliced and the Ice Hatches sealed. I believe that the cars at Illinois may have arrived in about 1971. The Mad River & NKP in Bellevue, OH has a car. But, it was acquired in 1980, is painted Yellow with Black ends and had a URTX reporting mark and number (a later retirement?). A real guess as to the original 250xx that this car carried. Again to ALL, many great thanks and appreciations!
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From: Richard Townsend via groups.io
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2021 3:51 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] ORER lookup help
I believe the 1954 built dates come from the cars these cars were converted from. Those cars, from the 15000 series, were built in 1954. I believe the lengthening by splicing in a center section, and the mechanization, occurred in 1959.
I have never seen a photo of the 25000 cars in anything but silver paint. This tends to support the later built/conversion date. The fact that they are not in the ORER by 1/59 also supports this. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR
-----Original Message----- Thank you Steve, this is a big help. Yes, Illini has 3 cars with numbers <25050 and United in NJ also has one 25048. So, every piece on the puzzle helps. The photos I have found are Silver paint scheme. These cars are from about 1954. Does anyone know when the Swift Red scheme became Silver? And/or were these cars always silver scheme? Again, thanks to everyone.
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-------- Original message -------- From: Steve and Barb Hile <shile@...> Date: 7/23/21 3:16 PM (GMT-05:00) To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] ORER lookup help
The SRLX cars are listed in the GATX area of the ORER.
In 1966 I see
With these note a few pages later
There are a couple of these cars at the Illinois Railway Museum.
Steve Hile
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I have the 7/56, 1/58, and 1/59 ORERs and do not find SRLX 25000 series in any of them. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR
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