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Philip H

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What the heck is this thing?
« on: August 20, 2012, 01:43:13 PM »
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Grabbed a poorly lit couple of photos of these GSSX scrap gons in Green Bay Last week - they appear to be home brewed from a couple of boxcars.

Details on their mates can be found here in the 14XX series at the top of the page: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsList.aspx?id=GSSX
.Question is - what box car did they start as?

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Re: What the heck is this thing?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2012, 02:20:59 PM »
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Homebrewed? Nope. Definitely an NSC-built woodchip car. Not sure why it's been modified with a divider to make it a 2-section car.
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Re: What the heck is this thing?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2012, 02:30:45 PM »
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Based on the number range, it looks like these could actually be originally Algoma Central cars.

Probably ex-STWX 1418-1490, ex-DCFX 1418-1490, ex-WESX 1418-1490, nee-ACIS 1401-1490 series
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Re: What the heck is this thing?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2012, 07:59:57 PM »
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You were right the first time, Phil.  It's a poorly lit picture.  That's about it. :trollface:
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