GATC reweight station symbols
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I have been looking at a lot of Swift reefer pictures recently, partially for reweight dates and locations. I have seen a number of cars with
EC
which makes good sense as East Chicago, Inidana. A main plant location
But I also see
L J C P
Multiple times in the same set of stencils
Can anyone point to locations to match these reweigh locations, probably remote shop sites for GATC. I note that in the ORER’s it lists East Chicago, Union Stock Yards (Chicago) and Kansas City as home points for refrigerator cars.
Thanks a bunch.
Steve Hile
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Tony Thompson
Steve Hile wrote:
GATC had a repair plant at Colton, California, likely the "C". I have seen photos of GA tank cars with either C or COLN on them. Tony Thompson
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Richard Townsend
I'll make some nominations. Not the least bit authoritative, but based on where GATC had some type of facilities, so somewhat SWAGish.
L - Lawrenceville, IL
J - Jacksonville, FL
P - Portland, OR Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve and Barb Hile <shile@...> To: STMFC <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Sent: Mon, Feb 8, 2021 9:22 am Subject: [RealSTMFC] GATC reweight station symbols I have been looking at a lot of Swift reefer pictures recently, partially for reweight dates and locations. I have seen a number of cars with
EC
which makes good sense as East Chicago, Inidana. A main plant location
But I also see
L
J
C
P
Multiple times in the same set of stencils
Can anyone point to locations to match these reweigh locations, probably remote shop sites for GATC. I note that in the ORER’s it lists East Chicago, Union Stock Yards (Chicago) and Kansas City as home points for refrigerator cars.
Thanks a bunch.
Steve Hile
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EC appears on many GATX tank cars. SHN (Sharon) is another. On 2/8/2021 5:06 PM, Richard Townsend via groups.io wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Thanks, with Tony’s C for Colton, we have, at least, a reasonable idea for those other letters.
Steve
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Richard Townsend via groups.io
I'll make some nominations. Not the least bit authoritative, but based on where GATC had some type of facilities, so somewhat SWAGish.
L - Lawrenceville, IL J - Jacksonville, FL P - Portland, OR Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR
-----Original Message----- I have been looking at a lot of Swift reefer pictures recently, partially for reweight dates and locations. I have seen a number of cars with
EC
which makes good sense as East Chicago, Inidana. A main plant location
But I also see
L J C P
Multiple times in the same set of stencils
Can anyone point to locations to match these reweigh locations, probably remote shop sites for GATC. I note that in the ORER’s it lists East Chicago, Union Stock Yards (Chicago) and Kansas City as home points for refrigerator cars.
Thanks a bunch.
Steve Hile
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