Paint Shop – 27 : Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Boxcar 20132, part 2

: SCL 20132

Here are the data of the car and a belief history of the railroad.

SCL 20000 - 20149 series boxcars:
These cars were built in 1967 by Pullman-Standard.

The SCL series 20000 to 20149 is shown with AAR Designation XL and description “Box, Stl.” only. The inside length of these cars was 50 feet 6 inches, inside width 9 feet 4 inches, inside height 10 feet 5 inches, outside length 55 feet 4 inches, extreme height 14 feet 9 inches, door opening 9 feet, and capacity 4923 cubic feet or 154,000 pounds. There are 147 cars in the April 1974 ORER.

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (reporting mark SCL) was incorporated in 1967 due to the merger of Seaboard Air Line Railroad and Atlantic Coast line Railroad. SCL served the Southeastern United States with over 9000 miles of tracks.
In 1969, SCL absorbed Piedmont & Northern Railway.
In 1967, SCL absorbed Tampa & Gulf Coast Railway.
In 1983, the 3 lines, SCL, Louisville & Nashville Railroad and Clinchfield Railroad, accompanied with subsidiaries such as Georgia Railroad, consolidated and formed the Seaboard System Railroad. The line is now part of CSX network.

The map below is the part of “Union Pacific Map of the United States” printed in 1971, with the SCL route traced in red line by the author.

: SCL route map

以下に、該当車両の概要、およびSeaboard Coast Line Railroadの簡単な歴史を記す。

SCL 20000 - 20149 series boxcars:
AARによる分類：XL
内寸：長手50フィート6インチ、 短手9フィート４インチ, 天井高10 フィート５インチ
外寸：長手55フィート４インチ、 最高高さ14 フィート９インチ、扉開口幅９フィート
容積：4923 立方フィート／154,000 パウンド
147両在籍（April 1974 ORER）

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
1967年、Seaboard Air Line RailroadとAtlantic Coast line Railroadの合併により誕生した鉄道である。合衆国南東部をネットワークしていたが、1983年にLouisville & Nashville RailroadやClinchfield Railroadなどと合わさり、現在のCSXの母体となる Seaboard System Railroadとなった。

地図は、筆者の手元にあった1971年発行のUnion Pacificによる全米路線図上で、該当路線をなぞったものである。