N&W RBL #693497

: Versailles, KY. Sep. 10, 2019

This boxcar is preserved at the Bluegrass Scenic Railroad and Museum located at Versailles, KY.

According to the book Norfolk and Western Color Guide to Passenger and Freight Equipment, the particular car was built by GATC in 1962. Markings on the car show the built date of 12-62 and the painted date of 8-82. It must have been repainted from orange with both WAB flag, later N&W hamburger and MP buzz saw heralds[1].

The American Refrigerator Transit Company (ART) was established in 1881 by a railroad tycoon Jason "Jay" Gould (1836 ｰ 1892) who then owned Wabash, Missouri Kansas & Texas, and Missouri Pacific. In 1973, N&W pulled out of ART: the name of the lessor changed from ART to NW Equipment Corporation (NWEC) afterward. In 1983 when UP took over MP, all the remaining ART equipment merged into UP roster.


N&W 693450 – 693499 series Insulated Boxcars
The Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) for April 1974 shows the group #693450 to 693499 with 42 cars in place, accompanied by 5 cars with the same dimensions but with the different description, listed as follows:

AAR Designation RBL and description “Refrig., Stl., Single Type Mobile Blkhds, Removable Side Fillers, Leased from American Refrigerator Transit Co.”.

The inside length of these cars is 50 feet 1 inch, inside width 9 feet 3 inches, inside height 9 feet 3 inches, outside length 57 feet 10 inches, extreme height 15 feet 1 inch and capacity 4236 cubic feet or 140,000 pounds.

All photos are taken on Sep. 10, 2019.

revised, Apr. 3, 2020

[1] 1979 photo of N&W #693485 from the same series found at Fallenflag web site;

: Versailles, KY. Sep. 10, 2019

　
この貨車はケンタッキー州にあるBluegrass Scenic Railroadという保存鉄道で見つけた。1962年GATC製の保冷車である。かつてはN&WとMPの合弁会社が所有するリース車で、２社のロゴマークが施されていた。現在纏っている黒地に白文字のスキームは1971年に制定されたもの。