WAB XM #82234

: Orland Park, IL. Sep. 12, 2019

This boxcar was found next to the Metra Orland Park/153rd St. Station, accompanied by a caboose also lettered WAB.
According to the markings on the car, it was built in 1923.
According to the Sunshine Models instruction sheet, these cars were rebuilt by the railway in 1934 from the double sheathed boxcars built in 1923 with Vulcan trucks and Miner hand brakes[1].
According to the marker at the site, the boxcar was donated from Norfolk Southern in 1995.

WAB 82000 – 82506 series Boxcars
The Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) for April 1974 shows the group #82000 to 82506 with only a single car in place, listed as follows:

AAR Designation XM and description “Box, Stl.” only.

The inside length of these cars is 40 feet 6 inches, inside width 8 feet 9 inches, inside height 9 feet 2 inches, outside length 44 feet 8 inches, extreme height 13 feet 8 inches and capacity 3254 cubic feet or 80,000 pounds.

[1] French, Chet, Mini-Kit Prototype Data and Instructions, Wabash 82000-82513 Rebuilds & Automobile Parts Rack Cars, Sunshine Models;

: Orland Park, IL. Sep. 12, 2019


この貨車はシカゴ郊外、MetraのOrland Park/153rd St.駅で見つけた。

1923年製のdouble sheathed boxcarを1934年に更新したもの。1922年の刻印があるVulcan製台車やMiner製ハンド・ブレーキは新製時のものがそのまま遺っている。1995年にNorfolk Southernから寄贈されたそうだが、こんな古い車両、NSはどこかで保管していたのだろうか。

ここでは、レタリングの修復に、塗装ではなく、カッティングシートを用いている。