Paint Shop – 99 : Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Boxcar 5665, part 2

: C&EI 5665

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

C&EI 5662 - 5665 series boxcars:
The C&EI series 5660 to 5665 boxcars were built in 1960 by Pullman-Standard. They were equipped with Rac-Loc fixtures for Chrysler engines when built new, and renumbered to C&EI series 256660 to 256665 in between October 1968 and January 1972.

The Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) for July 1966 shows the group #5662 to #5665 with all possible cars in place, described as follows:
AAR Designation XAP and description “Box, Steel” only. The inside length of both of these cars was 50 feet 6 inches, inside width 9 feet 2 inches, inside height 10 feet 5 inches, outside length 51 feet 10 inches, extreme height unknown, door opening 15 feet, and capacity 4888 cubic feet or 100,000 pounds.


Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (reporting mark C&EI)　was a north-south railroad connecting Chicago and Evansville, Indiana.
In 1881, three railroads, Chicago, Danville & Vincennes (established, Nov. 1871), Evansville, Terre Haute & Chicago (established, Oct. 1871), and Evansville & Terre Haute (established, Nov. 1854) started consolidating the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad connecting Chicago and Evansville[1]. The consolidation was completed in 1911. It also reached St. Louis in 1903. Missouri Pacific took control of the C&EI since 1967 and consolidated it in 1976. Today, only part of the former C&EI route remains but is split into UP and CSX.

The map below is the part of “Union Pacific Map of the United States” printed in 1971, with the 1966 C&EI route traced in red line by the author.

[1] Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Historic Society web site;

: 1966 C&EI route


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

C&EI 5662 – 5665 series boxcars:
1960年プルマン製
AARによる分類：XAP
内寸：長手50フィート６インチ、 短手9フィート２インチ、 天井高10フィート５インチ
外寸：長手51フィート10インチ、扉開口幅15フィート
容積：4888 立方フィート／100,000 パウンド
４両在籍（April 1974 ORER）

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (reporting mark C&EI)は、1881年に設立された鉄道である。当初の目的は、シカゴおよびインディアナ州最南部のオハイオ川に面する町Evansvilleを連絡することにあった。のちにセントルイスにも支線を延ばしたが、1967年にMissouri Pacificに買収、1976年に同鉄道に吸収され消滅。こんにち路線はUPおよびCSXとして存続している。

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。