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Freight Cars

Name
Type
Year Built
Builder
Notes

A.C.F.X. #26640
Covered Hopper
1960
Builder: American Car & Foundry
Hoppers allow unloading by gravity; covered top protects load from moisture and keeps fine materials from blowing away.

American Refrigerator Transit #52461
Refrigerator Car
1929
Builder: ART
Bunkers at each end of car carried 5 tons of ice to cool produce in summer, or heaters to keep load from freezing in winter; has insulated wood body on steel frame.

A.T.T.X. #470833
Flatcar
1955
Builder: Pennsylvania Railroad
Pioneer car in nationwide ¦piggyback² service; carried two 36-foot trailers; built for Pennsylvania Railroad.

Burlington Northern #10032
Caboose
1969
Builder: Northern Pacific
Extended-vision (width) cupola design; built for Northern Pacific Railway.

Burlington Northern #10435
Caboose
1948
Builder: Northern Pacific
All-steel car, built as Northern Pacific #1082; oil heat, electric generator for lights.

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy #75471
Drop-Bottom Gondola
1929
Builder: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
¦Composite² construction, with steel under and body framing with wood plank walls; drop doors speed unloading.

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific #18058
Caboose
1904
Builder: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Wood body on steel frame; survivor of 5 accidents and rebuildings.

G.A.R.X. #51000
Refrigerator Car
1954
Builder: General American Transportation Co.
Cooled, heated by diesel-powered refrigeration system.

G.A.T.X. #96500
Tank Car
1965
Builder: General American Transportation Co.
60,000-gallon, 272,700-lb. capacity; welded experimental car; 97-foot length would not clear curves, and 89-foot limit now applies; worldÃs largest tank car.

H.P. Hood (G.P.E.X.) #1057
Milk Tank Car
1930
Builder: General American Transportation Co.
Two stainless-steel tanks hold 6,000 gallons; ran in express trains.

Manufacturers Railway #5906
Boxcar
1954 (rebuilt 1979)
55-foot steel boxcar, rebuilt by Manufacturers Railway.

Missouri-Kansas-Texas #1
Caboose
1882
Wood car; steel center sill added; side door and cupola removed; part of Katy Flyer train.

Missouri-Kansas-Texas #12145
Flatcar
1901
Builder: American Car & Foundry
Built as boxcar, cut down to flatcar; wood frame car with truss rods; steel center sill added; 34 feet long; 30-ton capacity; part of Katy Flyer train.

Missouri-Kansas-Texas #12321
Boxcar
1901
Builder: American Car & Foundry
34-foot wooden car; truss rods with steel center sill; 30-ton capacity; archbar trucks; part of Katy Flyer train.

Missouri-Kansas-Texas #24420
Gondola
1904
Builder: Pullman
30-ton capacity; wood frame and body; steel center sill.

Missouri Pacific #1155
Caboose
1940
Builder: Missouri Pacific
Steel side-door car without cupola; used in branchline mixed-train service.

Missouri Pacific #13546
Caboose
1972
Builder: International Car Company
All-steel with extended-vision (width) cupola; late-model caboose; contains Missouri Pacific Historical Society archives.

Missouri Pacific #13889
Caboose
1980
Builder: Missouri Pacific
Late-model caboose; short body with bay windows and large end platforms; used in main line service.

Monsanto Chemical Company (M.C.H.X.) #117
Tank Car
1940
Builder: American Car & Foundry
Aluminum alloy tank with steel outer safety cover; used for concentrated nitric acid; loads and unloads from top.

Poultry Transportation Company (P.T.C.X.) #423
Poultry Car
1921
Coops built into car were used to carry live chickens to market; attendant fed and watered them en route from center of car.

S.B.I.X. #1634
Tank Car
1938
Builder: Fleishmann Transportation Co.
Wooden tank was used to carry vinegar (acetic acid) without reaction that would occur in a steel tank.

St. Louis-San Francisco ("Frisco")
Caboose
Wood body, re-covered with plywood on steel frame;
carries cable for switching.

St. Louis-San Francisco ("Frisco") #3000
Automobile Carrier
1960
Builder: St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
First tri-level car for carrying 15 autos from factory to distributor.

St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co. #3600
Refrigerator Car
1904
Builder: St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co.
An early steel-framed but wood-bodied car, insulated with horsehair, shredded paper, or wood shavings; carried pre-cooled beer for Anheuser-Busch.

Spokane, Portland and Seattle #884
Caboose
1954
Builder: Northern Pacific Railway
All-steel car, donated as Burlington Northern #11436

TTOX #130059
"Piggyback" Flatcar
1984
Builder: United-American Car Company
Four-wheel ¦Front-Runner² car; partial deck and fixed trailer hitch; loaded from overhead only; 28-inch instead of standard 33-inch wheels to lower car for better clearances.

U.R.T.X. #s 37000, 37095, 37144, 37151,
37439, 37453, 37467, 65104, 67310, 67901
Refrigerator Cars
1948 to 1954
Builder: General American Transportation Co.

U.T.L.X. #3882
Tank Car
1936
Builder: Union Tank Car
3-dome (compartment) car with 6,000-gallon capacity for carrying petroleum products; tank-on-frame design was the standard for many years.

Union Pacific #913140
Flatcar
1951
Builder: Union Pacific
Has one-piece cast steel body from General Steel Castings; UP class F50-15; 50-ton capacity; last used in maintenance-of-way service.

Union Tank Line #14387
Tank Car
1910
Builder: Union Tank Car
"Van Dyke" patent frameless tank car using tank with extra stiffening plate on bottom in place of an underframe.

US Army #38406
Flatcar
1953
Builder: Magor Car Corp.
Heavy-duty car with 6 axles for carrying tanks, other heavy equipment; weighs 35 tons; has 112-ton capacity.

US Army #s 370709, 460298, 570329
Various Types
1951–1953
Builder: Pressed Steel
Built with European-type couplers and brakes, were used to train soldier railroaders at Weldon Spring, MO; modular cars can be boxcar, gondola, or flatcar.