Re: Possible renumbering of IC 170001-175000 boxcars
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Ray Breyer <rbreyer@...>
Renumbering is very possible, Mark. The IC seemingly renumbered everything
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around WWII, including some of their boxcar classes. While I don't have anything but three photos of the 171000-series boxes, I do have the class diagram for the 176000-176999 series cars, which were renumbered to the 16000-16975 series. I've got at least seven other IC box diagrams that indicate those series also underwent renumberings during the 1930s and 1940s. The 1950 IC ORER lists literally thousands of composite boxcars. I don't have diagram sheets for any of them (IC pre-diesel diagrams are sort of hard to find), but chances are good that some of these are renumbered cars. Ray Breyer -----Original Message-----
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Mark Heiden Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:00 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Possible renumbering of IC 170001-175000 boxcars Hello everyone, I'm looking for some information regarding possible renumbering of some Illnois Central bocxars, series 170001-175000. These are 40ft single sheathed boxcars with fishbelly underframes and composite ends. They were built 1914-1915. There is a photo on the pay side of the NEB&W website: http://railroad.union.rpi.edu/rolling-stock/Box-cars/40-foot-single- sheathed/T-M-7-panel-Howe/XM-ss-TM-type-IC-1919-cyc.jpg The NEB&W site lists these cars as off the roster by 1949. Is it possible that these cars were still on the roster at that time, but under a different number series? Thanks, Mark Heiden |
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