Paint Shop – 75 : Georgia Railroad Boxcar 55172, part 2

: GA 55172

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

GA 55100 - 55199 series boxcars:
GA class O–38 XL #55100 to 55199 series boxcars were built in 1965 by Pullman-Standard.

The Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) for April 1974 shows the group #55100 to #55199 with 99 cars in place, described as follows:
AAR designation XL and description “Box, Stl., Evans DF-2 Loaders”. The inside length of these cars was 50 feet 6 inches, inside width 9 feet 4 inches, inside height 10 feet 6 inches, outside length 56 feet 9 inches, extreme height 15 feet 1 inch, door opening 9 feet, and capacity 4923 cubic feet or 154,000 pounds.

Georgia Railroad (reporting mark GA) connected Augusta, Atlanta, and Macon. The company was established in 1833 as the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. It reached Atlanta, by then Marthasville in 1845. The company took control of Atlanta & West Point Railroad and Western Railway of Alabama to extend the “West Point Route” to Augusta in 1886.

Three railroads were acquired by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and became subsidiaries of ACL in 1902. Finally, in 1982, GA merged into CSX and the name GA came to an end. The Banking Company sector was acquired by First Union in 1986. Most of the former GA Bank branches are operated as Wells Fargo today.

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

: 1966 GA route


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


GA 55100 - 55199 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６インチ
外寸：長手56フィート９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：4923 立方フィート／154,000 パウンド
99両在籍（April 1974 ORER）


Georgia Railroad (reporting mark GA)は、1833年に設立された、ジョージア州オーガスタを基点にアトランタおよびメーコンを結んでいた鉄道である。接続するAtlanta & West Point RailroadおよびWestern Railway of Alabamaを傘下に収め、南部を横断するルートを誇っていた。1902年にAtlantic Coast Line Railroad に買収され、最終的にはCSXに吸収され消滅した。こんにち主な路線はCSXの一部になっている。

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に、該当路線を赤色で書き込んだものである。