Paint Shop – 67 : Gulf Mobile & Ohio Boxcar 56345, part 2

: GM&O 56345

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

GM&O 56200 - 56399 series boxcars:
These cars were built by Pullman-Standard in 1962.

The Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) for April 1974 shows the group #56200 to #56399 with 136 cars in place, accompanied by other 49 cars with the same dimensions but with the description “Box, 4 Belt DF-2 Loaders, Lading Strap Anchors” and designation XL, described as follows:

AAR Designation XM and description “Box, Lading Strap Anchors”. The inside length of both of these cars was 50 feet 6 inches, inside width 9 feet 4 inches, inside height 10 feet 5 inches, outside length 54 feet 6 inches, extreme height 15 feet 1 inch, door opening 9 feet, and capacity 4932 cubic feet or 110,000 pounds.


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See Paint Shop – 63 : Gulf Mobile & Ohio Boxcar 9077, part 2

　
以下に、該当車両の概要、およびGulf Mobile & Ohio Railroadの簡単な歴史を記す。

GM&O 54100 - 54299 series boxcars:
AARによる分類：XM
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54フィート６インチ、 最高高さ15フィート１インチ、扉開口幅９フィート
容積：4932 立方フィート／110,000 パウンド
136両在籍（April 1974 ORER）

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