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BN 233596
Title:  BN 233596
Description:  BN 233596 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The design matches the former CB&Q class XM-4 cars in the number series 47500-47999, built at Havelock in 1963.
Photo Date:  10/1/1980  Upload Date: 1/23/2012 3:24:10 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
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CB&Q Class XML-11 49459
Title:  CB&Q Class XML-11 49459
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class XML-11 49459 ( stenciled XML ) at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is excerpted from the book, CB&Q Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, by Michael J. Spoor: CB&Q #'s 49400 - 49799 were built at Havelock ( CB&Q shops in Nebraska ) during 1966 ( as Class XML-11 ). Built to a Northern Pacific design, these were the only boxcars on the Q to feature the waffle pattern on the car side. All of the cars featured the combination 6' and 8' plug doors with grain access doors ( at the top of the 8' door ) originally introduced in 1963 on the Class XM-4's. Also like the XM-4's, they had an inside length of 50' 6" and a 5,080 cu. ft. capacity. While the XM-4B's of 1966 came with roofwalks and ladders, these cars never received either, even though both groups of cars were being built at the same time.

The waffle side cars featured protrusions on the exterior which held load tie-downs on the interior. Between 1967 and 1970, 126 cars had their loading devices removed and were re-classed XM-4C while retaining their former numbers. The only visible difference was the class stencil - XML or XL ( loader equipped ) or XM ( loaders removed ) - to the right of the CAPY data.

Photo Date:  10/1/1980  Upload Date: 4/21/2017 6:47:27 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Class XM-4C 49531
Title:  CB&Q Class XM-4C 49531
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Class XM-4C 49531 ( stenciled XM ) at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in October 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. The following is excerpted from the book, CB&Q Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, by Michael J. Spoor: CB&Q #'s 49400 - 49799 were built at Havelock ( CB&Q shops in Nebraska ) during 1966 ( as Class XML-11 ). Built to a Northern Pacific design, these were the only boxcars on the Q to feature the waffle pattern on the car side. All of the cars featured the combination 6' and 8' plug doors with grain access doors ( at the top of the 8' door ) originally introduced in 1963 on the Class XM-4's. Also like the XM-4's, they had an inside length of 50' 6" and a 5,080 cu. ft. capacity. While the XM-4B's of 1966 came with roofwalks and ladders, these cars never received either, even though both groups of cars were being built at the same time.

The waffle side cars featured protrusions on the exterior which held load tie-downs on the interior. Between 1967 and 1970, 126 cars had their loading devices removed and were re-classed XM-4C while retaining their former numbers. The only visible difference was the class stencil - XML or XL ( loader equipped ) or XM ( loaders removed ) - to the right of the CAPY data.

Photo Date:  10/1/1980  Upload Date: 4/23/2017 7:06:31 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  103   Comments: 0
BN 965046
Title:  BN 965046
Description:  BNSF Line
Photo Date:  3/14/2013  Upload Date: 3/24/2013 12:06:38 PM
Location:  Denver, CO
Author:  Paul Rice
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  73   Comments: 0


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