Re: TRAX/Armour reefers
Ed Hawkins
On Feb 17, 2009, at 9:25 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote:
Were these cars built in Seattle? Is that why thereTim, Pacific Car & Foundry built 600 ice-bunker reefers in 1954 for ART that were leased to Armour with TRAX reporting marks and numbered 12000-12599. These cars were regularly loaded at Armour plants in St. Joseph and Kansas City, Mo. for transport on the MoPac through St. Louis to eastern destinations. On two consecutive days (March 25-26, 1959), a total of 12 TRAX 12000-12599 series cars were assigned to eastbound train 70 departing Kansas City. Wheel reports of these trains and representative photos of cars on the trains were recently published in a special double issue by the MPHS in the Fall-WInter 2008 issue of "The Eagle." Train 70 was a Red-Ball heavily loaded with both meat and produce reefers, but also carried a number of box cars and other types of cars. The wheel report data specifies where each car originated and its final destination. These TRAX reefers went to various cities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Massechusetts, Virginia, and Tennessee. The data from the wheel report not only provides information about the destination, but also the routing from East St. Louis. A number of SFRD reefers on these two trains originated in Glendale, Arizona carrying lettuce for points east of St. Louis. There are many other wood and steel reefers that ran on the trains including Swift, Wilson, Merchants Despatch, URTX, GARX, and PFE. Copies are available through on-line purchase (Paypal) via the MPHS web site at www.mopac.org. (shameless plug). Regards, Ed Hawkins
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