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D&RGW XL #63773 [DRGW Equipment PA]

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drgw63773_01.jpg: DRGW 63773

This D&RGW boxcar is found at Gunnison, Colorado.

According to Rio Grande Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment (MSCG), 63700 – 63799 series cars were built in 1963 by American Car & Foundry. The stencil on the body shows this car was assigned to copper bullion loading at Salt Lake City, Utah.


D&RGW 63712 – 63799 series Boxcars
The Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) for July 1974 shows the group with 80 cars of possible 88 in place, accompanied with 12 another cars 63700 to 63711 (see appending), described as follows:

AAR Designation XL and description “Box, Stl., Sparton Easy Loader, (Copper Bullion), [Kennecott Copper Co./Garfield/UT & U.S. Smelting & Refining Co./International/UT]”.

The inside length of these cars is 50 feet 6 inches, inside width 9 feet 4 inches, inside height 10 feet 6 inches, outside length 57 feet 5 inches, extreme height 15 feet 1 inch and capacity 4928 cubic feet or 140,000 pounds.


Appending;

D&RGW 63700, designated XP, is described as “Box, Stl., No Side lining, Rub Rails, Loader Complement in Doorways Only, (Chevrolet Axles)”.
D&RGW 63701, designated XM, is described as “Box, Stl.” only.
D&RGW 63702, designated XL, is described as “Box, Stl., Evans DF Loaders”.
D&RGW 63703, designated XL, is also described as “Box, Stl., Evans DF Loaders”.
D&RGW 63704 – 63708, designated XL, is also described as “Box, Stl., Evans DF Loaders”.
D&RGW 63710 – 63711, designated XM, is described as “Box, Stl., Sparton Easy Loader, (Copper Bullion), [Kennecott Copper Co./Garfield/UT & U.S. Smelting & Refining Co./International/UT]”.

These cars listed above have the same dimensions but different AAR designations and/or capacities compared with 63712 – 63799 series cars.


Photos of D&RGW 63767 from the same series are shown here, and my N scale model of #63767 is shown here.

All photos were taken on Sep. 6, 2017

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drgw63773_03.jpg: DRGW 63773
 
  
このRio Grandeオリジナルの表記を保つ貨車は、コロラド州Gunnisonの町で見つけた。1963年American Car & Foundry製、D&RGW 63700 – 63799 series XLの内の1両。ソルト・レイク・シティを拠点に、銅の延べ棒輸送に充てられていたようだ。

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