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US Army and Navy boxcars during WW II + ammunition placards
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Stuart A. Forsyth <trainmail@...>
I am preparing a clinic for the February 18th SFRH&MS Mini-Meet at the San Bernardino Depot regarding the Chemical Warfare Service's San Bernardino Bomb Plant and the Rialto Back-Up Ammunition Storage Point east of San Bernardino, CA during World War II.
Can anyone point me to photos of: 1. US Army or US Navy boxcars that would have been in use during World War II (1941-1945), or 2. The appropriate placards (Explosive or Flammable) that would have been used on boxcars loaded with ammunition during World War II. Thank you and . . . Happy New Year! Stuart Stuart A. Forsyth forsyth@usa.net
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Don Strack
Here is a photo I took of a U.S. Army car in 1982. The stencil says
the car was built in 1941. http://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Hill-AFB-1982/20767779_kHsX6j#1647164023_kVCSK4t Don Strack
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Stuart,
In WWII, the placard was "INFLAMMABLE" not "FLAMMABLE". Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL I am preparing a clinic for the February 18th SFRH&MS Mini-Meet at the"Stuart A. Forsyth" <trainmail@me.com> 12/29/11 5:07 PM >>> San Bernardino Depot regarding the Chemical Warfare Service's San Bernardino Bomb Plant and the Rialto Back-Up Ammunition Storage Point east of San Bernardino, CA during World War II. Can anyone point me to photos of: 1. US Army or US Navy boxcars that would have been in use during World War II (1941-1945), or 2. The appropriate placards (Explosive or Flammable) that would have been used on boxcars loaded with ammunition during World War II. Thank you and . . . Happy New Year! Stuart Stuart A. Forsyth forsyth@usa.net ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
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bill_d_goat
That car may have been built in 1941 but the 1943 ORER shows only tank cars under US War Department. Also, USAX was a post WWII reporting mark, which replaced the USQX on the WWII tank cars. I would therefore guess that army, or any government, ammo shipments were made using regular RR boxcars. Bill Williams
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The US Army owned some ARA 1923 box cars -- there is a photo of one
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in the Classic Freight Cars Volume 7, and I have a scan of one with reweigh stencil LKOD 10-1958. But I agree I haven't heard of any that were in use during WWII. There's also a 1950 photo of USAX 24730, a 36 foot double sheathed box car that may be ex-Mopac. See Mainline Modeler 12/1986. Ed Hawkins' PS-1 roster includes MANY PS-1 box cars acquired by each of the armed services from 1950 to 1955. Railmodel Journal 11/1993 has a 1950 builder photo -- http://trainlife.com/magazines/pages/153/11083/november-1993-page-29 Tim O'Connor
Here is a photo I took of a U.S. Army car in 1982. The stencil saysThat car may have been built in 1941 but the 1943 ORER shows only tank cars under US War Department. Also, USAX was a post WWII reporting mark, which replaced the USQX on the WWII tank cars.
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