Nostalgia & History > RRS (31) 5 large load flatcars and one short one

1. Newport News Shipbuilding 1 Alliance, NE 1/30/78 Al Burns

2. PTDX (ABB Power T&D Co) 7051??? Boulder, CO 5/4/95 my pic .... not sure after zooming in on this one

3. UP 50002 Sidney, NE 4-7-78 Bruce Black

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4. AT&SF 99015 Denver 11/27/75 Bruce Black

5. EL 7281 Pueblo, CO 10/30/76 Bruce Black

6. DRGW X-3199 idler car Denver 4-3-75 Bruce Black



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/16/18 06:46 by valmont.

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Could that idler car be a chopped down tender?

John

Korigaoka1811 Wrote:
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> Could that idler car be a chopped down tender?
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> John

Looks that way.

Per John Tudek, noted Rio Grande railroader and Historian:

X-3199 was the former tender off of D&RGW M-78 4-8-2 #1513 built by Brooks in 1923, Serial No. 64290. The
engine is shown as being dismantled November 1953. The tender however was converted at Burnham Shops
to a Scale Test Car Transport for the X-450 at a cost of $3,776.04 under AFE 3189. It was removed from this
service 1-23-1967 and apparently reassigned to RL-5 (Rail Layer) as an idler flat.