Date
1 - 10 of 10
WRX 9000
|
Richard Townsend
On page 122 of Gene Green's reefer color guide there is a photo of WRX 9000, rebuilt in 1954 from a 1936 reefer. The caption says it has eight ice hatches and if I squint I might be able to see them (second roof panel in from each end, and then sixth roof panel in). It also appears to have a radial roof. I'd like to learn more about this car and I'm looking for any measured drawings, diagrams, and other information about the car. Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
|
|
|
|
They were bunkerless reefers - RB - also sometimes known as insulated box cars I've never seen a roof view but there may be something up there, like in this view (attached). I don't know if they are "hatches" (access ports?) or even if they are all alike. Why would an RB have hatches ? Something's odd. Did these cars have internal storage tanks? (Like the Linde cars, which had insulated tanks and hatches in the roof. But those were XT.) Dried Blood. How is that shipped? On 5/26/2022 7:32 PM, Richard Townsend via groups.io wrote:
--
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
|
|
|
And now, with attachment :-[ On 5/26/2022 8:23 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote:
--
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts 
|
|
|
|
Richard Townsend
Thanks for the photo, but it's not the same car. The WRX 9000 had steel sides after rebuilding. It looks like Western Refrigerator just lumped all their reefers into one number series (9000-9999) regardless of design and, apparently, function. WRX 9000 may even have been a one-off. Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Sent: Thu, May 26, 2022 5:25 pm Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] WRX 9000 And now, with attachment :-[ On 5/26/2022 8:23 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote:
-- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
|
|
|
Andy Laurent
Tim,
Give this page a look (check the line "ORER Notes" under each listing for special equipment and features): http://www.greenbayroute.com/orerdetail.htm#WRX9000RS WRX put cars in dried blood service in later years (rebuilt ex-DT&I 11500-11799 steel plug-door RB's), but I am not aware of any 1929-built WRX wood-sided cars that had hatches. Andy L. Madison WI |
|
|
|
Bill Parks
The photo in Green's book is after the rebuild from an overhead bunker reefer, to a bunkerless reefer, and the car no longer had any ice bunkers or hatches. The caption is wrong. Instead of say "it has eight ice hatches", it should say "it had eight ice hatches", as there are no hatches on the car at the time of that photo. I think what you are seeing as "hatches" is just rust and discoloring of those panels (weathering).
The caption also mentions that given that the sliding plug door goes all the way to the roof, that the overhead bunkers weren't in use. In reality, they probably weren't even there having been removed during the rebuild. -- Bill Parks Cumming, GA Modelling the Seaboard Airline in Central Florida |
|
|
|
Andy
Thanks I was somewhat suspicious of the description of the cars as reefer rebuilds, since they look so much like the DT&I cars! :-) On 5/27/2022 8:45 AM, Andy Laurent via groups.io wrote: Tim, --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts 
|
|
|
|
Richard Townsend
So the one I was referring to was a rebuilt, ex-DT&I USRA double sheathed boxcar. That’s helpful.
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On May 27, 2022, at 7:56 AM, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:
|
|
|
|
Richard Townsend
Bill Parks, that’s very helpful. I had a hard time imagining loading dried blood through roof hatches since it normally would be bagged. Not to mention unloading a car full of loose powder.
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On May 27, 2022, at 8:06 AM, Richard Townsend <richtownsend@...> wrote:
|
|
|
|
lrkdbn
I recall ca.1979 seeing two of these WRX cars at the then Farmer Jack grocery warehouse at C&O/PM Oak Yard in Detroit,along with an original USRA DS box in company service. I thought at the time, not bad for a then 60
year old underframe design to see three of them at once. Larry King |
|
|
