Freight Cars
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A.C.F.X. #26640
Covered Hopper 1960
Builder:American Car & Foundry
Hoppers allow unloading by gravity; covered top protects load from
moisture and keeps fine materials from blowing away.
AMERICAN REFRIGERATOR TRANSIT #52461
Refrigerator Car 1929
Builder:ART
Bunkers at each end of car carried 5 tons of ice to cool produce in summer,
or heaters to keep load from freezing in winter; has insulated wood body on
steel frame.
A.T.T.X. #470833
Flatcar 1955
Builder: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pioneer car in nationwide "piggyback" service; carried two 36-foot trailers;
built for Pennsylvania Railroad.
BURLINGTON NORTHERN #10032
Caboose 1969
Builder: Northern Pacific
Extended-vision (width) cupola design; built for Northern Pacific Railway.
BURLINGTON NORTHERN #10435
Caboose 1948
Builder: Northern Pacific
All-steel car, built as Northern Pacific #1082; oil heat, electric generator for
lights.
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY #75471
Drop-Bottom Gondola 1929
Builder: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
“Composite” construction, with steel under and body framing with wood
plank walls; drop doors speed unloading.
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC #18058
Caboose 1904
Builder: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Wood body on steel frame; survivor of 5 accidents and rebuildings.
G.A.R.X. #51000
Refrigerator Car 1954
Builder: General American Transportation Co.
Cooled, heated by diesel-powered refrigeration system.
G.A.T.X. #96500
Tank Car 1965
Builder: General American Transportation Co.
60,000-gallon, 272,700-lb. capacity; welded experimental car; 97-foot
length would not clear curves, and 89-foot limit now applies; world's
largest tank car.
H.P. HOOD (G.P.E.X.) #1057
Milk Tank Car 1930
Builder: General American Transportation Co.
Two stainless-steel tanks hold 6,000 gallons; ran in express trains.
MANUFACTURERS RAILWAY #5906
Boxcar 1954 (rebuilt 1979)
55-foot steel boxcar, rebuilt by Manufacturers Railway.
MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS #1
Caboose 1882
Wood car; steel center sill added; side door and cupola removed; part of
Katy Flyer train.
MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS #12145
Flatcar 1901
Builder:American Car & Foundry
Built as boxcar, cut down to flatcar; wood frame car with truss rods; steel
center sill added; 34 feet long; 30-ton capacity; part of Katy Flyer train.
MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS #12321
Boxcar 1901
Builder:American Car & Foundry
34-foot wooden car; truss rods with steel center sill; 30-ton capacity; archbar
trucks; part of Katy Flyer train.
MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS #24420
Gondola 1904
Builder: Pullman
30-ton capacity; wood frame and body; steel center sill.
MISSOURI PACIFIC #1155
Caboose 1940
Builder: Missouri Pacific
Steel side-door car without cupola; used in branchline mixed-train service.
MISSOURI PACIFIC #13546
Caboose 1972
Builder: International Car Company
All-steel with extended-vision (width) cupola; late-model caboose; contains
Missouri Pacific Historical Society archives.
MISSOURI PACIFIC #13889
Caboose 1980
Builder: Missouri Pacific
Late-model caboose; short body with bay windows and large end platforms;
used in main line service.
MONSANTO CHEMICAL COMPANY (M.C.H.X.) #117
Tank Car 1940
Builder:American Car & Foundry
Aluminum alloy tank with steel outer safety cover; used for concentrated
nitric acid; loads and unloads from top.
NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS (“Nickel Plate Road”) #1143
Caboose 1909
Builder:American Car & Foundry
Wood car with truss rods and steel center sill; centered cupola with
peaked roof.
POULTRY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (P.T.C.X.) #423
Poultry Car 1921
Coops built into car were used to carry live chickens to market; attendant
fed and watered them en route from center of car.
S.B.I.X. #1634
Tank Car 1938
Builder: Fleishmann Transportation Co.
Wooden tank was used to carry vinegar (acetic acid) without reaction that
would occur in a steel tank.
ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN #9779
Boxcar Ca. 1904
40-foot wooden car; 40-ton capacity, with cast steel trucks; donated by
Alton and Southern Railroad.
ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO (“Frisco”)
Caboose
Wood body, re-covered with plywood on steel frame;
carries cable for switching.
ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO (“Frisco”) #3000
Automobile Carrier 1960
Builder: St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
First tri-level car for carrying 15 autos from factory to distributor.
ST. LOUIS REFRIGERATOR CAR CO. #3600
Refrigerator Car 1904
Builder: St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co.
An early steel-framed but wood-bodied car, insulated with horsehair,
shredded paper, or wood shavings; carried pre-cooled beer for Anheuser-
Busch.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC #1859
Caboose 1970
Builder: International Car Company
Bay-window type; oil heater, electric lights.
SPOKANE, PORTLAND AND SEATTLE #884
Caboose 1954
Builder: Northern Pacific Railway
All-steel car, donated as Burlington Northern #11436
TTOX #130059
“Piggyback" Flatcar” 1984
Builder: United-American Car Company
Four-wheel “Front-Runner” car; partial deck and fixed trailer hitch; loaded
from overhead only; 28-inch instead of standard 33-inch wheels to lower car
for better clearances.
U.R.T.X. #s 37000, 37095, 37144, 37151,
37439, 37453, 37467, 65104, 67310, 67901
Refrigerator Cars 1948
Builder: General American Transportation Co.
to 1954
Cars are all-steel but still ice-cooled; donated in 1972 and 1975 by General
American Transportation Co.
U.T.L.X. #3882
Tank Car 1936
Builder: Union Tank Car
3-dome (compartment) car with 6,000-gallon capacity for carrying
petroleum products; tank-on-frame design was the standard for many years.
UNION PACIFIC #913140
Flatcar 1951
Builder: Union Pacific
Has one-piece cast steel body from General Steel Castings; UP class F50-15;
50-ton capacity; last used in maintenance-of-way service.
UNION TANK LINE #14387
Tank Car 1910
Builder: Union Tank Car
“Van Dyke”-patent frameless tank car using tank with extra stiffening plate
on bottom in place of an underframe.
US ARMY #38406
Flatcar 1953
Builder: Magor Car Corp.
Heavy-duty car with 6 axles for carrying tanks, other heavy equipment;
weighs 35 tons; has 112-ton capacity.
US ARMY #s 370709, 460298, 570329
Various Types 1951–1953
Builder: Pressed Steel
Built with European-type couplers and brakes, were used to train soldier
railroaders at Weldon Spring, MO; modular cars can be boxcar, gondola, or
flatcar.
WABASH #2229
Caboose 1904
Wood car with truss rods, steel center sill; note recurved cupola roof.
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