PER DIEM
BOXCARS HISTORY- EXAMPLES
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1977-1980
Boxcar Building Boom: A boxcar shortage in the 1960s and early
1970s turned into a glut by the early 1980s. Thousands of newly
FMC manufactured 50-foot, 70-ton boxcars entered service in the
late 1970s, many of which were acquired by private investors (ITEL
RAIL) and short line railroads (RVRR, M&NJ, McCloud River,
etc.) for revenue service.
LIRR #161 spotting a Pickens
RR or a St. Lawrence RR per diem boxcar at M. Remz, Port
Jefferson 8/04/1979.
Commonly owned, such as M&NJ, by the National Railroad
Utilization Corp. The Pickens and St Lawrence cars had the
word "Railroad" on the right side of the car.
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Per-diem List - Trains Sept. 1978 |
In
the late 1970s, the M&NJ rostered 500 blue boxcars 50 feet
(15 m) in length leased from NRUC, the National Railway
Utilization Company. The cars were loaded with finished goods at
Polytherm, then spent much of their time hauling loads in
interchange service throughout the U.S. and Canada while the
M&NJ collected 10% of the usage fees they generated. The
boom in incentive per diem (IPD) boxcars ended by the early
1980s and the cars returned to the M&NJ which opened 2 miles
(3.2 km) of unused track to store the cars until buyers could be
found, a task which took almost a decade.
In the late 1960's the AAR (Association of American
Railroads) was feeling the impending crunch of a general purpose
boxcar (XM) shortage and moved into action to spur investment in
railroad boxcars. In September 1970, they created and the ICC
approved, something called Incentive Per Diem (IPD). This
additional fee was charged on all XM cars during the 6 highest
traffic months of a year, September - February and was added to
the mileage and normal per diem (per day) fees. These IPD fees
could only apply to newly built or rebuilt boxcars, not old
clinkers from the 40's and 50's. There were limitations on the
number of IPD cars a railroad could make available for
interchange, but if a railroad didn't have any boxcars during a
set of base years they were not limited to the number of IPD
cars they could put into interchange.
The first batch of cars were built by Berwick Forge and
Fabricating in December 1977 and were delivered in January 1978.
An additional batch of Berwick cars arrived in February. In
September and October an additional batch of cars came from the
Evans Railcar Division of Evans Products. In sum these hundreds
of cars represented 16.85 million dollar investment. All the
cars were 50 foot outside braced cars painted blue with white
stenciling and were immediately set loose on the railroads of
North America. To earn the maximum amount of money for the
M&NJ these cars had to be kept moving, ping-ponging from one
railroad to another. A few did see "home" rails during
the hey day of the IPD craze, M&NJ customer Polytherm (now
known as Genpak) shipped out loads of expanded foam plates and
trays to customers all over the nation. Even with hundreds of
these IPD boxcars under his control, Pete Rasmussen still noted
being short of empties during 1978 and early 1979 as those
rolling money tree's moved all over the rails.
Several things changed this cash cow to road kill; the recession
of the late 70's early 1980's, truck deregulation and increased
investment in boxcars by major railroads. The national recession
was the greatest blow to the IPD boom as the loads for the cars
dried up and they began returning to the M&NJ. Even the
M&NJ's own boxcar customer, Polytherm, switched to truck
deliveries of its finished products. The out of service portion
of the M&NJ was cleared of almost 20 years of underbrush and
trees as more and more faded blue boxcars returned to the
M&NJ which opened 2 miles (3.2 km) of unused track to
store the cars until buyers could be found, a task which took
almost a decade.
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ROOFWALKS/RUNNING
BOARDS DETAILS HISTORY - EXAMPLES
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Great Northern XM #12506 Boxcar plug/sliding
door Built 1959
Big Sky Blue D&H Yard, Oneonta, NY
3/1972
Photo/Archive: Steven Lynch
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Great Northern #13239 Plug-Sliding Double Door Klamath
Falls, OR 8/29/1974 Photo/Archive: Ron Hawkins
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Great Northern #19602 Fort Worth, TX 1/12/1979
Photo/Archive: Rick Morgan
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The plug sliding door combination provided a wider door opening coupled with the structural strength of the plug door; for example grain shipments.
The center photo of car #13239 shows the effect of heavier weathering and how differing lighting conditions, film, angle of photo, time of day/lighting and age all affect the overall color seen. Note the full length roof ladder has NOT been cut down in this photo.
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Note that the running boards have been removed in
all the photos, and the A end ladders reduced to four rungs in compliance with the 1966 safety appliance regulations. Additional horizontal grabs have been added to the ends. Adjacent to the B end ladder in the photo of GN
#13239 is the required "keep off roof no running board" yellow warning label. The B end also has a corner grab added to the roof, again per regulation.
Info: Rob Spangler
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1966 01/10/66 Roof walks/Running boards allowed to be
removed and to be eliminated with all boxcars in service
(without roof hatches)
1966 10/01/66 New freight cars ordered after 4/01/66 and/or
delivered after 10/01/66 without roof walks and low hand brakes.
These deadlines were routinely extended.
1967 01/01/67 High mounted brake wheels banned.
1974 01/01/74 Roof walks/Running boards and high hand brakes to
be removed from all freight cars. This date extended to
04/01/74.
1983 12/31/83 Running boards outlawed on all boxcars/reefers.
While 1974 may have been the original target date for roofwalk
removal, it didn't hold up. A huge percentage of roofwalks were
still in place after that date. Basically, roofwalks started to
be phased out starting in '66 (on new equipment) and that
continued through the entire decade of the '70s and into 1983.
However, most existing roofwalks ended up being removed in the
years from the very late '60 to the mid 1970s. Roofwalks could
stay even longer for non-interchange cars.
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Freight cars in specific applications had roofwalks and
hatches. Monon, for example, had cars purchased in the late 60's
with roof hatches, and those cars had roofwalks. They had a low
mounted handbrake, and the grabs were low, except for the ones
specifically going up to the roofwalk.
So, at the same time the roof walkways were eliminated, hand
brake wheels were lowered to a point away from the roofs, and an
alternate way of getting from one side of the car to the other
(end walkways) was provided. This took place on box-type
cars first, and later on covered and open-top
hoppers.
Roofwalk removal did come with some adverse conditions,
beginning in the 1960's: Taller box cars, including hi-cube cars (some of the earliest
ones did have walkways up there, but lost them quickly).
Cushioning devices on box cars increasing the distance
between carbodies (extensions to the walkways did little to help
that--and there was always the chance that the distance between
carbodies could change dramatically in mid-jump). Differing heights for cars in a freight train, and cars such
as gondolas and hoppers that had no roof walks at all.
What do you do when the next car is a hopper, gondola, or
flatcar? This was always a problem, but full height
ladders provided the access. Fortunately, box cars became far
less prevalent than they were prior to the 1960's.
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ACI LABEL
HISTORY
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ACI
(Automatic Car Identification) labels/plates were introduced in
1967 and mandated by the FRA in 1968 to be installed on all
interchange equipment by 1970.
They were abandoned as impractical in 1978. After 1978 the
plates could be removed, but many were never removed. As
the equipment passed by
the trackside scanner it was scanned. All information
necessary to keep track of the engine or car was then sent to a
master location where it was logged.
The AAR had recognized from their field tests that periodic
inspection and label maintenance would be requirements to
maintain a high level of label readability. Regulations were
instituted for label inspection and repair whenever a railcar
was in the repair shop, which on average happened every two
years.
By 1975 90% of all railcars were labeled. The read rate was
about 80%, which means that after seven years of service 10% of
the labels had failed for a variety of reasons, most evident on
flatcars that had low-mounted labels for example. Dirt,
scratches, fading from sunlight and vandalism all contributed to
the eventual failure of this system.
Unfortunately the maintenance program never gained sufficient
compliance. Without maintenance the read rate failed to improve,
and the ACI (GTE KarTrak) system was abandoned by 1977. ACI tags
ended. March 1, 1992.
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EL boxcar Port Jefferson 1978 Photo: Steven Lynch
The era of the 40 foot boxcar wasn't quite dead on April 1st, 1976, and the new Conrail used many of them in those first few years. The writing was on the wall for these steam era freight cars though, and by 1980 most were off the roster or in
MOW service. This Erie Lackawanna car was in pretty good shape
March 1978 day, and the "XF" Food Service Only" lettering
indicates it had an interior lining for food service. Many of these EL cars were used to haul bagged flour out of Buffalo. Few if any 40 footers received a full Conrail paint job.
Info: Ron A. Durfee
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LIRR #91 Holban Yard 1/01/1979 Photo: Tim Darnell
LIRR C-91 thru C-96 ex-IC
caboose originally built with the side door. Acquired by the
LIRR: 1/1972. ACI labels and COTS stencils applied.
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Bennett Thrall lumber car Sayville 3/1980
Photo: Steven Lynch
All-door cars were used for dimensional lumber, plywood,
siding, and other manufactured building products that needed
weather protection, but are not convenient to load through a
double-door boxcar. The drawback was the maintenance
requirements of the door carriage and latching mechanisms and the
vulnerability to damage of the doors and mechanisms, plus a
higher capital cost. All-door cars were not uncommon in
the 1975-1985 time frame. Bennett Lumber at Princeton,
Idaho, had a modest fleet of 50-100 or so.
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CONSOLIDATED
STENCILS HISTORY
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The
AAR began a program of consolidated Stencils in 1972 which
applied to new or rebuilt freight cars only and only had
air brake info. Application to existing
cars was not mandatory. The FRA (Federal Railroad
Administration) created in 1966 issued in July, 1974 a mandate
for all freight cars to begin having the new consolidated
stencils applied. These stencils are applied on the lower
right end when facing the car side.
Defined by the AAR, the large single
panel COTS were optional and applied to new and rebuilt cars
from 1972 to July 1, 1974. On that date the two part COTS, with
the lub info, became mandatory with a deadline of 1979
for application to all cars. Since
1982, subdivided into three or four parts, however shortly
thereafter, this was revised to three panels.
References 12/1978 RMC, and 1/1982 RMC. Info: Jim Eager
COTS: clean, oil, test, and stencil for brake system
RPKD or LUB: repacked, for journals on solid-bearing trucks or
lubed, for roller bearings
IDT: in-date test, for brakes
RCD: reconditioned, if a car has been rebuilt
INSP: inspected Source: Kalmbach book
"Detailing Freight Cars"]
D&RGW
caboose #01423 12/28/2009 Photo: James R. Griffin
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FRA lettering boxcar/refrigerator |
RVRR XM #1009 in action at Riverdale, IL 5/12/1979
Photo: Bill Johnson
LIRR C-60 at Yard A, LI City 1983 Note: CR gondola in
background with yellow "not defective wheel inspection
dot" built prior to 1978
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Burlington (CR&Q) #9805 5/1981 Photo: Chuck Zeiler
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U-1
DEFECTIVE WHEEL INSPECTION DOT HISTORY
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These stencils were
applied to designate freight cars which had 33" wheels
manufactured by the Southern Wheel Company. These wheels were
suspected of failing in service and causing several serious
derailments.
This FRA regulation began March 31, 1978 with the inspection of
all 70 ton or less cars which had 33" wheels. Freight cars
with this type wheels were stenciled
with a 6" white dot in a 12" black square. Cars
identified with the white dots could not be used in a train
carrying hazardous materials through December. Beginning
December 31, 1978 all cars that had the white dots could not be
used in any train. The wheels had to be removed and replaced
with wheels of an approved type. Freight cars that had
approved wheels were stenciled
with a 6" yellow dot in a 12" black square. These cars
could be used in any service. New cars built up to Dec 31, 1978
had the yellow dots applied at the factory. There was no
pressing reason to remove the yellow stencils, as no date was
given for removal of them, so they remained on freight cars for
decades until they were repainted or retired. (As it turns
out, some 100 ton cars got the dot too.) |
Flat car wrapped lumber load with defective wheel dot
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Sayville prior to 12/1978 Photo: Steven Lynch
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BAR 50' boxcar with defective wheel dot at Sea Cliff prior
to 12/1978 |
RVRR #1019 Leased from ITEL Rail Corp. September
19, 1978. New cars built up to Dec 31, 1978 had the yellow dots
applied at the factory. |
The Southern Wheel Company 33? wheels that were suspected of failing
and giving us the inspection dots. Photo/Archive: Doug Sword
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TH&B boxcar Wheel Inspection white dot
Photo/Archive: Doug Sword
HISTORY SHORT
VERSION:
1978 March U-1 wheel inspection dot
for defective 33" wheels. Yellow dot = not defective (built
prior to 1978, new cars 1978) White dot = defective wheels,
repair required prior to end 1978. No dots = Built 1979+
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Penn Central #274006 60' boxcar Class X61C
No COTS required as applied to new or
rebuilt freight cars only. Yellow dot indicates photo
March, 1978+ |
REPORTING
MARKS/DIMENSIONAL DATA
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CAPY
(nominal capacity) is the intended load-carrying
capacity of the car, to the nearest 1000 pounds. This is
determined by the structural strength of the car's underframe
and the size of the journal bearings of the car's
trucks. This marking is no longer required as the actual
maximum load weight is determined by the load limit as described
below.
LD LMT (load limit) is the
maximum weight of lading that can be carried by the car, to the
nearest 100 pounds. This is determined by subtracting the weight
of the car when empty from the total allowable gross weight
given the size of the car's journal bearings and the structural
strength of the car design. The load limit for a car is usually
a bit greater than its capacity; the two figures can be equal,
but capacity can never exceed load limit. Note that there
is usually a difference between what the car is designed to
carry (CAPY) and what it will actually carry. The load limit
must always be greater than capacity.
LT WT (light, or empty, weight) is the weight of the
car when empty. This information is important for two
reasons. First, it helps determine the load limit for the car.
Second, when the car is empty it helps operators asses the
actual weight of the train and assign the right locomotives
among other things.
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Car
Weight Date: This is the last location and date at which the
railroad or owner last verified the car was weighed to determine
its actual light weight. EXAMPLE: CR-AB 10-83. CR-AB ? indicates that this car was weighed by
Conrail at their Abrams Yard (near Philadelphia). Railroads
typically use their reporting marks and a two-letter yard or
shop code. NEW ? is often seen here and means that
the weight has not yet been calibrated since the car's as-built
weight.
Steel cars are generally supposed to be reweighed every 30
months (15 for wood), but in practice it is often much less
frequent than that. Cars are typically are reweighed when they are
serviced. A cars light weight (LT WT) will decrease over the
years through wear and tear but may go back up during repairs.
Since many loads are billed by weight, having an accurate
measure of the car is important. If the car has lost weight over
time then the railroad could be hauling some of the load for
free as it reads the scales.
Conrail (CR) 878330 is a covered hopper. "LO" is
the AAR designation for covered hoppers, for example.
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Dimensional
Data: Indicates both inside and out of the freight car.
Exterior dimensions are important so that operators will know
the car can fit within the clearances of particular routes.
Interior dimensions help when assigning cars to a customer for
loading and can help at the loading dock as well. Other
dimensions like the size of door openings are also often
included on the car as well.
?BLT 3-37? indicates when the car was built (March,
1937.) This information is important to the railroad as many
things are tied to the build date of the car including
inspection periods, lease / payment accounting and retirement.
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PLATE C
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Plate
markings indicate whether a car's extreme outside dimensions
falls within a standard cross-section - a useful thing to know
when restricted clearances are involved. Standard car
cross-section drawings, or plates, are designated Plates B, C,
E, and F. If a car's dimensions are entirely within Plate B (the
smallest), no marking is shown. For cars fitting within Plate C,
E, or F, a square with the appropriate marking is shown. A car
whose dimensions exceed a given plate will display a circle
marked, to use a common example, EXCEEDS PLATE C. Robert S.
McGonigal May 1, 2006
This is a height designation as Plate C indicates a car height
of 15' 6 which is standard for most boxcars, covered hoppers and
all centerbeam flatcars.
Limited interchange service standard (will clear 95% of total
rail mileage) adopted 1963. Revised 1983, 1988, 1991. |
EXW
(extreme width) and H (height above the rail at which that width
occurs) are shown when a car's eaves height (see below) exceeds
12 feet, 0 inches. Cars over 15 feet, 6 inches high will also
display EXH (extreme height) and W (width at that height).
EW (eaves width) and H (eaves height) show the width and height
at the eaves - the edge of the roof projection, which extends
over the sides of the car.
IL shows the car's inside length.
IW shows the inside width.
IH shows the inside height.
CU FT (cubic feet) shows the volume of the car, based on
interior dimensions.
SCL-
Family Lines Double Door boxcar 84 Lumber, Islip north siding 3/1980
Plate C Loading Diagram
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CSX
50' Waffle side boxcar, North siding Islip 1/13/2008
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1970's BOXCAR
FEATURE EXAMPLES
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1. The B end (hand brake) has a corner grab added to the roof, again per
regulation and roofwalk removed as per 1974 reg.
2.
Two-panel COTS stencil required by FRA, all cars 1974.
3. "Keep Off Roof No Running Board" yellow warning label.
4. Freight cars that had
approved 33" wheels were stenciled March 31, 1978 Yellow
dot.
5. Final date for ACI label application 1972
6. Additional horizontal grabs have been added to the ends.
7. Car Weight Data: Load Limit (LD LMT) and Light Weight (LT WT)
Reweighed and stenciled 6/1974.
Info courtesy: Rob Spangler
Great Northern #19602 Fort Worth, TX 1/12/1979 Photo/Archive: Rick Morgan
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1. The B end (hand brake) has a corner grab added to the roof, again per
regulation and roofwalk removed as per 1974 reg.
2. "Keep Off Roof No Running Board" yellow warning label.
3. Final date for ACI label application 1972
4. Car Weight Data: Load Limit (LD LMT) and Light Weight (LT WT)
Reweighed and stenciled
5. Additional horizontal grabs have been added to the ends.
7. The A end (no hand brake) ladder and roofwalk removed as per
1974 reg.
Info courtesy: Rob Spangler
Great Northern #13239 Plug-Sliding Double Door Klamath
Falls, OR 8/29/1974 Photo/Archive: Ron Hawkins
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1. The
roofwalk been removed.
2. The
A end ladders reduced to four rungs in compliance with the 1966
safety appliance regulations.
3. Final date for ACI label application 1972
4. Car Weight Data: Load Limit (LD LMT) and Light Weight (LT WT)
Reweighed and stenciled
5. Additional horizontal grabs have been added to the ends.
Info courtesy: Rob Spangler
Great
Northern #12506 "Big Sky Blue" D&H Yard, Oneonta, NY
4/1972 Photo??archive: Steven Lynch
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1966-1980 LIRR
FREIGHT SIGHTINGS CHART
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1. I'll start us off
with RailBox Company (reporting marks ABOX, RBOX, TBOX, FBOX),
Berwick/FMC 50' cars
2. Per diem Boxcars built by FMC in Portland 1977+(?) The
distinctive "short line" 50' cars in many schemes:
RVRR, McCloud River, PH&D, Middleton & NJ, Providence
& Worchester, St. Lawrence, RFP, etc.
3. Thrall All Door Lumber Cars Lignum, Bennett, US Plywood,
Weyerhaeuser, Lignum, Illinois Terminal, Celotex, Boise Cascade,
Armstrong
The
information below is derived from photo/visual
sightings for LIRR historical or modeling
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Date |
Location |
Industry |
Lading |
Car
Type |
Car
Length |
Road
Name |
Scheme |
Ladders
Cut |
No Roofwalk
|
ACI |
COTS |
Plate
C |
Dots
W/Y |
1960 |
Calverton |
LI Potato |
Potato |
Reefer |
40' |
CP |
Canadian Pacific
Script |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
Calverton |
LI Potato |
Potato |
Reefer |
40' |
BAR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
Winfield |
Team -Supro
Prods |
Cement |
Boxcar |
40' |
L&NE |
Black color box |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1962 |
|
|
|
Boxcar |
40' |
SP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1963 |
Jamaica |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
40' |
AT&SF |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1963 |
Jamaica |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
40' |
SP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1963 |
Jamaica |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
C&EI |
Double Door |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1964 |
|
|
|
Boxcar |
40" |
CN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1965 |
Garden City |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
B&M |
'Bluebird' blue,
white, black |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1965 |
Garden City |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
40' |
PRR |
round top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1965 |
Garden City |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
40' |
PRR |
large 'Keystone'
logo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1966 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
40" |
RI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1966 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
40" |
CP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1966 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
40" |
MP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1966 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
40" |
N&W |
Black color box |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1966 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
40" |
Frisco |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1966 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
40" |
EL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1967 |
W. Hempstead |
Long Island
Wholesale |
|
Boxcar |
40' |
WA&G |
Outside Braced |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1968 |
Jamaica |
|
|
Boxcar |
40' |
EL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1968 |
Jamaica |
|
|
Boxcar |
40' |
RI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1968 |
Jamaica |
|
|
Boxcar |
40' |
MP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1968 |
Amityville |
Team Track |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
SP |
Double Door |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1969 |
Hicksville |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
Wabash |
Double Door |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1969 |
Hicksville |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
SF |
Large Logo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1969 |
Hicksville |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
WP |
Large Logo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1970 |
Sayville |
Team-Quintree Beer |
Beer |
Reefer |
50' |
Miller |
12 Rib Side- FMC |
|
x |
x |
|
|
|
1971 |
Babylon |
|
|
Reefer |
40' |
PVYX |
Peavey Grain |
|
x |
x |
|
|
|
1971 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Covered Hopper |
40' |
BN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1971 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
SF |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1971 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
Sp |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1971 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
RBOX |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1972 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
GN |
Rib side- "Big
Sky Blue" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1972 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
Reading |
Cigar Band |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1972 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
UP |
Map Logo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1972 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
Frisco |
Plug Door |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1972 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
RI |
Double Door |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1973 |
Winfield |
Team Track |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
PRR |
Keystone - DF
Loading |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
1973 |
Winfield |
Team Track |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
PRR/PC |
PC Green Door |
|
x |
x |
|
|
|
1973 |
Winfield |
Team Track |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
Reading |
Cigar Band |
|
x |
x |
|
|
|
1973 |
Garden City |
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
D&H |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1973 |
Garden City |
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
GN |
Rib Side |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1973 |
Garden City |
|
|
Boxcar |
40' |
EL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1974 |
LI City |
Yard A - West Chem |
|
Tank |
40' |
|
4 dome |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1974 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
PC |
Rib Side |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1974 |
Queens Village |
Yard - Team Track |
|
Boxcar |
60' |
PC |
6'+10' two doors |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
|
1974 |
Farmingdale |
New Highway |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
Southern |
Serves the South |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1974 |
Farmingdale |
New Highway |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
WP |
Large Logo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1974 |
Farmingdale |
New Highway |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
BN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1974 |
Maspeth |
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
SF |
Rib Side |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1974 |
Maspeth |
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
PC |
Rib Side |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1975 |
Hillside |
Holban Yard |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
ICG |
"i" logo
1972-1988 |
x |
x |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
Hillside |
Holban Yard |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
CN |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
Hillside |
Holban Yard |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
RI |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
|
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
RBOX |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1976 |
|
|
|
Boxcar |
50" |
CP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1977 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
Southern |
Rib Side |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1977 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
C&O |
Waffle Side - For
Progress |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1977 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
SCL |
Waffle Side |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1978 |
Port Jefferson |
Remz Purina Chows |
|
Boxcar |
40' |
EL |
*XF - Food Lading
Only |
|
|
x |
x |
|
|
1978 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
SF |
Large Logo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1978 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
BN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1978 |
St. James |
|
|
3 Bay Hopper |
|
PC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1978 |
Sayville |
Team Track |
Lumber |
Flat |
50' |
|
Lumber Banded |
|
|
|
|
|
W |
1978 |
|
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
Evergreen |
Plug Door |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1978 |
Sea Cliff |
Team Track |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
BAR |
|
x |
x |
|
x |
|
W |
1978 |
|
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
BN |
Rib Side |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1978 |
Bay Ridge Branch |
To Fresh Pond |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
SCL |
Rib Side |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
Bay Ridge Branch |
To Fresh Pond |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
CNW |
Rib Side |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
Bay Ridge Branch |
To Fresh Pond |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
SOO Line |
Rib Side |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
Bay Ridge Branch |
To Fresh Pond |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
RBOX |
Rib Side |
|
x |
|
|
|
|
1979 |
Port Jefferson |
Remz Purina Chows |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
St. Lawrence |
Rib Side |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
SOO |
Rib Side |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Covered Hopper |
40' |
C&O |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Covered Hopper |
40' |
PC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
B&M |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
C&O |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
EL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
Burlington |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
GN |
Plug/Sliding
-Big Sky Blue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
FRISCO (SLSF) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Cylinder Hopper |
50' |
Sterling Salt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Cylinder Hopper |
50' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Tank |
50' |
|
Single Dome |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
PC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
MILW |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
MP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
NW |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
P&LE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
L&N |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
LI City |
Yard A |
Lumber |
Bulkhead Flat |
50' |
|
Lumber Wrapped |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
Sayville |
Team Track |
Lumber |
Boxcar |
56' |
|
Thrall All Door |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1981 |
LI City |
Yard A |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
SF |
Rib Side |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1981 |
Ronkonkoma |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
SCL |
**DF Loading |
x |
x |
|
x |
|
|
1982 |
Fresh Pond |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
DHNY |
"I
♥NY" - Cushioned |
x |
x |
|
x |
|
|
1984 |
|
State Hospitals |
Coal |
3 Bay Hopper |
50' |
C&O |
"Chessie" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1984 |
|
|
Lumber |
Bulkhead Flat |
50' |
BCOL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1984 |
|
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
Family Lines |
Double Door -
Waffle Side |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
Woodside |
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
Southern |
Serves the South |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
Woodside |
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
RBOX |
Black Door |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
Woodside |
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
BAR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
Medford |
Team Track |
Lumber |
Boxcar |
50' |
ACL |
Plug/Sliding Door |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
Medford |
Team Track |
Lumber |
Boxcar |
50' |
NLG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
Medford |
Team Track |
Lumber |
Boxcar |
50' |
RBOX |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
Medford |
Team Track |
Lumber |
Boxcar |
50' |
B&M |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
Medford |
Team Track |
Lumber |
Bulkhead Flat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
West Islip |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
CP |
Double Door - Pac
Man |
x |
x |
|
x |
|
Y |
1985 |
West Islip |
Yard |
|
Boxcar |
50' |
Southern |
Dbl Dr -
Southern Serves the South |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
|
1985 |
|
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
RBOX |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1986 |
|
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
NW |
Plug Door |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1986 |
|
|
|
Boxcar |
50' |
UP |
Plug Door |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes:
* XF - Non-insulated boxcar similar in design
to XM, designed and specially prepared with a
U,S, Food and Drug Administration approved
white epoxy or other comparable white coating
to seal interior walls, doors, and ends, and
provide a smooth, durable surface to prevent
contamination.
** DF - (Damage Free) loaders were designed by
the Evans Products Co. indicating the boxcar
has a system of load restraining bars to
prevent load shifting, solid doors, and
moveable bulkheads. |
Yard A View NE c.1966 Photo: Joe Bacchi |
Winfield Team Track View E 5/973
Photo: Richard Makse |
LI City - Yard A 1977 |
LI City - Yard A 12/26/78 Photo:
John Scala |
LI City - Yard A View NE c.1980 |
LI City - Yard A View NW c.1980 |
DHNY "I ♥NY" Fresh Pond
9/10/1982 Photo: Art Huneke |
SC boxcar at KO 1981 Photo: Bob Bender |
|
|
1969 LIRR
FREIGHT CARS HANDLED
|
Type
|
No.
handled
|
Percentage
of Total |
Box
|
394,074
|
22%
|
Box
- Equipped
|
162,154
|
9%
|
Covered
|
161,068
|
9%
|
Flat
|
122,705
|
7%
|
Reefer
|
115,844
|
6%
|
Stock
|
12,169
|
1%
|
Gondola
|
200,414
|
11%
|
Hopper
|
405,829
|
23%
|
Tank
|
180,797
|
10%
|
Other
|
39,601
|
2%
|
TOTAL
CARS
|
1,794,655
|
|
|
LIRR FOOD
BUSINESS - 1974
|
Brentwood - Hills
Korvette Supermarkets - 1980 cars
Bushwick - H.C. Bohack - 550 cars
Bushwick - Farmers Food Company - 825 cars
Central Islip - Waldbaum - 1327 cars (increased to almost 2000
cars by 1978)
Corona - Fodera (Flour) - 386 cars
Corona - Great A&P - 358 cars
Farmingdale - White Rose - 935 cars (increased to over 1700 in
later years)
Hicksville - King Kullen - 385 cars
Jamaica - Associated Food Stores - 368 cars
Long Island City - Ronzoni - 923 cars
Maspeth - Great A&P - 678 cars
Mineola/Garden City - Great A&P - 621 cars
There are over 9300 carloads in this year and that just includes
the major food outfits as it does not include the beer/wine/soda
distributors and several smaller food companies. How many trucks
on the highway
does that 9300 car loads equate to? And remember
- the population of Long Island is much higher than it was 40+
years ago, so there are even more trucks on the road today.
Info: Noah Caplan 2016 |
BOXCAR LOADS
1950-1970's
|
Commodities carried in boxcars in the 1940-1970 period - by
Sam A. McCall
1. Automobiles - shipped in Auto XAR boxcars
2. Automobiles - shipped LCL
3. Bags - Commodities in - Flour, Rice, Beans etc etc
4. Barrels, Drums or Kegs
5. Batteries - Storage
6. Brick and Hollow Building Tile
7. Brick - Hop Top
8. Butter in Tubs in Refrigerator Cars
9. Cable on Reels and Wire Commodities
10. Car Doors
11. Car Wheels - Loose
12. Cylinders - Empty, With or Without Caps
13. Fiberboard Containers
14. Freight
15. Furniture - Car Load
16. Furniture - LCL
17. Grain and Grain Products in Fiberboard Containers or Sacks
18. Ink and Like Commodities in Six-Gallon Pails
19. Livestock
20. Lumber
21. Machinery
22. Marble in Slabs
23. Sheet Steel, Tin Plate and other steel products
24. Mixed Loads of Commodities (LCL - less than carload) in
wooden crates, cardboard boxes, etc.
25. Paper and Similar Commodities on Skids
26. Plasterboard, Wallboard etc in Solid Loads or Bagged
Commodities as Mixed Loads
27. Projectiles, Bombs and Cartridge Cases (Empty)
28. Radiators-Cast Iron
29. Refrigerators-Mechanical
30. Roofing Materials-Prepared
31. Soda Ash
32. Stones-Pulp Grinder
33. Stoves and Ranges
34. Rolled and Plate Glass
35. Untreated Cross Ties
36. Bulk Grain
37. Pig Lead, Copper Bars and Similar
38. Unsaturated Roofing Felt and Pulpboard Paper
39. Newsprint
40. Vitrified Clay Sewer Pipe
|
EVOLUTION OF CR
(CONRAIL) 1976
|
|
NYC + PRR 1968 = PC
+ NYNH&H in 1969. 1976 Conrail (CR) included the Ann
Arbor (bankrupt 1973), Erie Lackawanna (1972), Lehigh
Valley (1970), Reading
(1971), Central Railroad of NJ
(1967) and Lehigh and Hudson River (1972). Controlled
railroads and jointly owned railroads such as Pennsylvania
Reading Seashore Lines
and the Raritan River (1980) were also included.
|
PRR System Map 1918
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Erie Lackawanna 1960
|
|
|
PC -1968
|
|
|
|
|
Conrail System Map -Amtrak
4/01/1976
|
|
|
|
|
6/01/1999
|
|
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
|
"The
Other LIRR" - Newsday, Sunday 02/11/1979 by Paul
Ballot Photos: Don Jacobsen
"Growth/Decline
of Freight in Suffolk County" -
by Michael Bartley
|
Work in progress below and
not verified. 1/3/2016 |
FMC 50' single door
5,077 cubic foot boxcar 1975-Apri1 1976 long grab irons and wide
side panels.
Post April 1976: Shorter grabs and narrow end panels. |
|