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American Oil Company #9499 |
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Built by Pennsylvania Car Company in 1912. |
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5/15/2010 Upload Date: 5/20/2010 4:54:43 AM |
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Union, IL |
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Amtrak #15002 |
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Built in 1934 by Pennsylvania Railroad this car has unique cast frame produced by the General Steel Casting Company. Originally built for general freight, it found its way to M of W service as it was inherited by Penn Central and later Amtrak. At the museum it continues in its Maintenance-of-way role. |
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4/17/2005 Upload Date: 11/13/2008 8:08:56 PM |
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Union, IL |
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry #44043 |
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This car was built by the American Car & Foundry Co in 1910. After retirement by the Santa Fe is was sold to the Chicago Sanitary District and used for storage. It arrived at Union, IL in 2001. |
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8/13/2006 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 7:07:35 PM |
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Union, IL |
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry #60394 |
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5/19/2012 Upload Date: 6/14/2012 1:02:47 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Baltimore & Ohio #374065 |
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9/1/2007 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 7:03:14 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Chicago & Alton #39167 |
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Built by Pullman in 1924, this car was last used by the C&IM (#X-81) as a tool car. |
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8/13/2006 Upload Date: 7/29/2008 3:34:15 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Chicago & North Western #55659 |
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Built by Pullman in 1913. After retirement by Northwestern was sold to ComEd and used in Dixion, IL. It was donated by ComEd. |
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8/13/2006 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 7:05:21 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Chicago & North Western 110509 |
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Built in 1969 and rebuilt in 1992. |
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5/25/2008 Upload Date: 2/9/2010 6:01:41 AM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Chicago & North Western #261497 |
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Built in October 1942, possibly former C&NW #44291 (this number is still visible on both truck bolsters) |
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7/3/2005 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:49:24 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Chicago & North Western #791126 |
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Built by FMC in 1966, as Rock Island #101928. |
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5/25/2008 Upload Date: 2/9/2010 6:01:24 AM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Chicago & North Western #X201775 |
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Built in 1949. |
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5/25/2008 Upload Date: 2/9/2010 6:01:12 AM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Chicago & Western Indiana #1185 |
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Built by Haskell & Barker in 1913. |
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7/13/2008 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:54:13 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Chicago Burlington & Quincy #17598 |
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Built in October 1950 by CB&Q Havelock Shops. |
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7/3/2005 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:51:01 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Chicago Great Western #5643 |
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This car is from the CGW series 5601-5800, constructed by Pullman-Standard in 1957. |
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5/25/2008 Upload Date: 6/23/2008 12:32:58 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Cook Paint & Varnish Co. #101 |
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Built by American Car & Foundry in 1917, new tank built in 1924. |
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7/3/2005 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:52:15 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Chicago Freight Car Co. #5402 |
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7/29/2008 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:50:23 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Chicago Freight Car Co. #5419 |
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5/24/2009 Upload Date: 6/15/2009 1:49:39 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Rock Island #93006 |
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Built by Rock Island Shops in 1956. Acquired by IRM in 1996. |
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5/15/2010 Upload Date: 5/20/2010 4:58:30 AM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Rock Island #264070 |
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4/29/2007 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:55:08 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
North American-Rock Island #20519 |
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8/13/2006 Upload Date: 7/29/2008 3:36:33 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
U.S. Department of Transportation #503 |
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Constructed by Pullman-Standard in 1979 as the 1,000,000th car built by Pullman and its predecessors. |
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9/21/2013 Upload Date: 9/30/2013 8:59:31 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Department of Defense #12661 |
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Built by General American Transportation Company in 1952. |
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7/3/2005 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:51:14 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Department of Defense #39153 |
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Built in June 1952 by Pullman-Standard. |
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7/3/2005 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:48:54 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Fruit Grower's Express (FGEX) #55407 |
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7/24/2016 Upload Date: 8/22/2016 4:38:45 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
General American Transportation Corp. #33519 |
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7/13/2008 Upload Date: 6/26/2009 8:12:45 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
General American Transportation Corp. #75470 |
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Built by GATX in 1960, lettered for Industrial Molasses Co. |
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9/1/2007 Upload Date: 1/25/2008 2:32:34 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Great Northern #70104 |
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9/16/2012 Upload Date: 9/17/2012 8:52:39 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Great Northern X-1390 |
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9/27/2014 Upload Date: 9/28/2014 8:52:38 AM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
General American Pfaudler Corp. #1021 |
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This express milk tank is used as a extra water tender on the museum's steam trains. |
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6/4/2006 Upload Date: 6/6/2008 2:50:42 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Illinois Central #40285 |
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Built in 1929 by Mt Vernon Car Mfg. Co. (lot 7265) as part of IC series #162401 – 162681, later renumbered to #40250 – 40499 series. |
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8/13/2006 Upload Date: 7/29/2008 3:35:04 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Illinois Central #100641 |
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This car was originally built for the bulk transport of milk. It was later sold to GM&O (as #66178) for as a water car for MW service. |
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8/13/2006 Upload Date: 7/29/2008 3:36:58 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Indian Refining Company #1277 |
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Built in March 1918 by the Standard Tank Car Company. |
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9/1/2007 Upload Date: 1/25/2008 2:32:22 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Minneapolis Northfield & Southern 909 |
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Built in December 1966 |
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7/29/2008 Upload Date: 2/27/2010 5:41:21 AM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Minnesota Dakota & Western #3049 |
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Built in August 1971 by Thrall Car Manufacturing Company. |
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8/16/2002 Upload Date: 8/16/2002 12:00:00 AM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee Road (CMStP&P) #19331 |
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Built by the Milwaukee Road's West Milwaukee Shops in February 1940. The following is from museum signage about this car: "Until the development of specialized car in the last half of the 20th century, the standard steel boxcar hauled the majority of railroad freight. Almost any type of crated, boxed or bagged materials could be carried. With additional equipment, boxcars could also handle cargo as varied as grain or autos. Most railroads and private shippers purchased boxcars from commercial builders. However, some roads built substantial numbers of their own cars in company shops. Milwaukee 19331 was one of 750 identical boxcars built by the railroads shops with distinctive ribbed steel sides. The car handled general merchandise throughout the nation. By the time the railroad was sold in 1985, the car had been downgraded to maintenance of way service. Milwaukee 19331 was donated to IRM, and arrived in Union in 1988." |
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8/13/2006 Upload Date: 7/29/2008 3:35:55 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee Road #97054 |
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Built in November 1958 by the General American T~ansportation Company. |
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5/15/2010 Upload Date: 5/16/2010 3:50:22 AM |
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Morris Kennedy Subdi, IL |
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| Title: |
NOKL #11039 |
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Built in 1978 by Evans. |
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6/19/2008 Upload Date: 5/20/2010 5:09:35 AM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
New York Central #498136 |
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8/13/2006 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 7:04:49 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Pennsylvania Railroad #499320 |
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Built in 1913 by the Pressed Steel Car Company at their McKees Rocks Plant. The following is from a sign on the car: Boxcar made up the largest portion of most railroads freight car fleets until nearly the end of the Twentieth Century. They were used to carry almost any type of non-perishable solid cargo, ranging from cartons, crates, and bags of merchandise to complete automobiles and loose grain. PRR developed several standardized boxcar designs. Over 7,000 Class X-23 boxcars, with wood sides and ends and steel frames and roofs, were used nationwide. All were retired from revenue service by the 1950s. This car was one of 600 built for subsidiary Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis. It was converted to work service around 1946, and retired in 1965. The car was donated to IRM by the Grand Rapids Electric Railway. It arrived at Union in 2001. |
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7/17/2004 Upload Date: 11/13/2008 5:44:05 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Railway Express Agency #7643 |
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Built by General American Transportation Company in 1957. |
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7/15/2007 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 7:01:37 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Soo Line (MStP&SSM) #41146 |
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Built by Pullman Car & Mfg. Company in 1929. The following is from a plaque on the car: The Fowler 1909 Canadian patented design involved a steel frame, bracing and framing that made freight cars much stronger, increased their life and allowed larger steel cars to be built. Refinements in this car include a steel roof, dreadnaught ends, Youngstown doors, AB air-brakes and Bettendorf trucks as standard features. Most American and Canadian railroads adapted fowler or USRA designs before the adaption of all-steel cars in the 1940s. |
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7/17/2004 Upload Date: 11/13/2008 8:23:34 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Soo Line (Wisconsin Central) #131650 |
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Built by the Pullman Company in 1914. |
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8/13/2006 Upload Date: 7/29/2008 3:32:50 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Swift #15030 |
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Built by General American Transportation Company in 1954. |
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8/13/2006 Upload Date: 7/29/2008 3:38:51 PM |
| Location: |
Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Swift #15802 |
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Built by General American Transportation Company in 1956. The following is from the sign on the car: Swift Refrigerator Lines operated a fleet of refrigerator cars used to transport Swift Packing Companys meat and meat products throughout the nation. Until the development of reliable mechanical cooling systems, refrigerator (reefer) cars used ice to maintain the interior temperature necessary for safe transport of perishables. Major rail yard had icing platforms where ice would be loaded before or during transit into bunkers at each end of the cars. Entire trains of reefers often traveled at passenger train speeds. SRLX 15802 was equipped with meat rails and hooks, for transport of whole beef or pork carcasses. It was used nationwide until its retirement around 1970. The car was purchased from the Wisconsin Electric Railway Historical Society, and arrived at IRM in 1989. It is currently used for parts storage. |
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7/17/2005 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:53:09 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Swift 15833 |
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5/15/2010 Upload Date: 5/16/2010 2:47:43 AM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Swift #25004 |
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Built by General American Transportation Company in 1954. |
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6/19/2008 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:58:49 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Swift #25029 |
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Built by General American Transportation Company in 1954. |
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8/13/2006 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 7:04:10 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Swift #25041 |
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Built by General American Transportation Company in 1954. The following is from museum signage about this car: Swift Refrigerator Lines operated a fleet of refrigerator cars used to transport Swift Packing Company’s meat and meat products throughout the nation. Earlier refrigerator (reefer) cars used ice to maintain the inside temperature necessary for safe transport of perishables. Mechanical reefers such as SRLX 25041 instead carried a small diesel motor to power a refrigeration system, eliminating the need for enroute servicing other than for fuel. Most ice reefers and their associated facilities were retired by the early 1970s. SRLX 25041 was used nationwide meat transport from an Oklahoma packing plant. It was donated by General American Transportation (the successor of SRLX) in 1971, and is currently used for parts storage." |
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7/17/2005 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 6:52:29 PM |
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Union, IL |
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Thrall #20306 |
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All-Door Boxcar Demonstrator built by Thrall in 1971. The following is from museum signage about this car: "Boxcars made up the largest portion of most railroads freight car fleets until near the end of the Twentieth Century. They were used to carry almost any type of non-perishable solid cargo, ranging from cartons, crates, and bags of merchandise to complete automobiles and loose grain. Due to its length, lumber is difficult to load through the doors of a standard boxcar except by hand, a few pieces at a time. Thrall developed the All-Door steel boxcar in 1967 specifically for shipment of wood products. Each car side has a pair of 25 wide doors, permitting bundles of lumber and materials such as plywood to be loaded by forklift. TCAX 20306 was retired in 1995. It was refurbished and donated to IRM by the GE Capital Railcar in 1998, and is operational.” |
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7/31/2009 Upload Date: 3/18/2010 2:12:27 PM |
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Union, IL |
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| Title: |
Trailer Train Corp #470902 |
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Built in December 1955 by the CB&Q Havelock Shops. |
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9/17/2006 Upload Date: 8/16/2008 7:08:05 PM |
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Union, IL |
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