From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Douglas Harding
Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 1:36 PM
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: NYC Cincinnati Freight Yard (1954)

 

SLRX is the reporting marks of St Louis Refrigerator Car Company, the railroad of the Anheuser Busch company. There were hauling beer, ie Budweiser.

 

The reporting marks are often confused with those of Swift SRLX

 

Doug Harding

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Note that there are 3 SLRX insulated boxcars in the foreground. In the consists at canadasouthern.com, there isn't a single instance of a SLRX car recorded, which makes me wonder if the SLRX cars were confused with Swift (SRLX) cars. Incidentally, the Swift reefer in the foreground seems to be from the 3300 series, which was the largest series of Swift wood reefer.

It's also interesting how few Central cars are clearly visible in the shot. There is what appears to be one NYC Enterprise covered hopper in the same cut of cars as the SLRX insulated boxcars, and there's also what looks to be a Central PS-1(?) to the upper left. 

-Phil Lee