Collecting INDUSTRIAL RAIL O-27 Cars

[Anonymous]

I’ve been collecting the Industrial Rail line of O-27 cars for about a year. At first, I collected one of every car in the road names I was interested in and finally thought I had all the cars I wanted. However, while scanning through EBAY I noticed that several cars of the same Industrial Rail part number had different numbers stenciled on the car, many having 3 to 4 different numbers. These are great O-27 cars and great fun to collect, being out of production, and with the added challenge of identifying and collecting all the different numbers for any given car. Below is a list of cars in my collection.

INDUSTRIAL RAIL IR P/N ROAD NAME ROAD NUMBERS
Trolleys
14003 City Transport na
Hand Car
10000 na na

Single Door Boxcar
1001 NYC Pacemaker 174530 174545 1006 Rio Grande 61003 1007 BNSF 730742 730752 1008 NYC Systems 180190 1010 ATSF 17907
Work Caboose
1704 ATSF 5334
Hoppers with Coal Load
4001 Virginian 23348 4002 Rio Grande 16416 16500 4003 NYC Systems 868001 868062 868074
Tank Car
6007 BNSF 85407 6009 Domino Sugar 1709 6011 Gulf 5890
Flat Cars
w/ Car 7001 N&W 2725 w/Pipe 7004 UP 42162
w/ Wood 7005 ATSF 92889
w/ Stakes 7503 ATSF 92992
Ore Cars
8100 Tuscan Red na
Double Door Box Cars
1105 ATSF 141702
Covered Hoppers
4102 ATSF na 4103 NYC Systems 892020

Caboose
1501 ATSF 999970 1502 BN 10855
Gondola
5005 ATSF 166593

[brianel027]

George, these are not all my IR cars... but these are numbers/and or cars not on your list that I have:

NYC Pacemaker Box Car also 174479
BN Box Car 199250
BNSF Box Car also 730762, 730572
Norfolk Southern Box Car 90389, 90371
UP Double Door Box 134699
PRR Dble Door Box 74043
C&O Dble Door Box 6814
ART Reefer 29047
PRR/REA Box Car 5769
Chessie Gondola 370479, 370500
Chessie Hopper 26621 (this is in another number too but I redid it to CSX)
NKP Box Car 16597
PRR Tank Car 498599 (this is in another number too, but I repainted it to PC)
ADM Tank Car 30180
NW Work Caboose 1698
B&O Flat Car 8955

I have most of what is on your list in same numbers, so I didn't repeat those. I know the NYC Pacemaker is also in another number, but I made a PC post-merger out of it. I know I had that one in 4 different numbers at one time. I've also repainted a load of others into Conrail, CSX and Norfolk Southern, so I can't say what those original numbers were.
I remade my NW Work Caboose into a NS Work/Crane Car. I added other decals, but I believe I left the original car number on it. I had several NYC Hoppers that became Penn Central, so I don't recall original numbers on those. I've repainted quite a few B&O flat cars too. The one I listed is the only one I haven't redone. I have others too, but the ones above were the easiest to find.

Yes, I know, I have too many trains.

[Anonymous]

Here is a list I have not updated since December of 2000:

Type
Item Road Name Road Numbers Original Release

Boxcar
1000 undecorated n/a 1999 Midyear
1001 NYC Pacemaker 174479* 174545 1997 Initial
1002 Pennsylvania 5769* 5801* 5839 1997 Initial
1003 Burlington Northern 199250* 199276* 199323 1997 Initial
1004 Milwaukee Road 21329* 21347 1999 Spring
1005 Norfolk Southern 90371* 1999 Spring
1006 D&RGW Cookie Box 61003* 61019 1999 Spring
1007 BNSF 730742* 730752 1999 Spring
1008 New York Central 180190 1999 Midyear
1009 Nickel Plate Road 16537 1999 Midyear
1010 Santa Fe 17907 2000 Midyear
1011 Soo Line 177853 2000 Midyear

Double Door Boxcar
1100 undecorated n/a 2000 Midyear
1101 C&O 6814* 1999 Spring
1102 Union Pacific 134698* 134699 1999 Spring
1103 TAG Route 7016* 1999 Spring
1104 Pennsylvania 74043 1999 Midyear
1105 ATSF 141702 1999 Midyear
1106 Great Northern 25472 2000 Midyear
1107 Chessie / B&O 5624 2000 Midyear

Caboose
1501 ATSF 999970 New (2000)
1502 Burlington Northern 10855 New (2000)
1503 Chessie / B&O none New (2000)

Work Caboose
1701 Pennsylvania 49160 New (2000)
1702 Burlington Northern 912768 New (2000)
1703 Maintenance of Way 25 New (2000)
1704 Santa Fe 5334 2000 Midyear
1705 Norfolk Southern 1698 2000 Midyear

Reefer
2001 Walbash MP 29030* 29047* 1997 Initial
2002 UP/SP - PFE 97770* 97761* 1997 Initial
2003 UP/SP - PFE 14760* 14743* 1997 Initial

Stock Car
3001 Union Pacific 47729* 47750* 1997 Initial
3002 Great Northern 7327* 7310* 1997 Initial
3003 Chicago & NW 32833* 32828* 1997 Initial


2 Bay Hopper
4001 Virginia 23332* 23347* 23348 1997 Initial
4002 Denver & Rio Grande 16416* 16500* 16505 1997 Initial
4003 New York Central 868001* 868062* 1997 Initial
4004 Chicago & NW 513587* 513588 1999 Spring
4005 Burlington Route 18299* 18301* 1999 Spring
4006 Soo Line 44649* 44650 1999 Spring
4007 Reading 8032 8040 1999 Midyear
4008 Southern 7975 1999 Midyear

3 Pack
4050 Frisco 90378 90379 90380 (2000)

4 Bay Covered Hopper
4101 Illnois Central Gulf 320381 New (2000)
4102 Santa Fe none New (2000)
4103 New Your Central 892019 New (2000)
4104 Chessie / C&O 26621 2000 Midyear


Gondola
5001 Chessie / B&O 370500* 1997 Initial
5002 ATSF 166593* 166605* 1997 Initial
5003 Burlington Route 83126* 83189* 1997 Initial


Tank Car
6000 undecorated n/a 1999 Midyear
6001 Penn Salt 67964* 67929 1997 Initial
6002 Pennsylvania 498599* 498639* 498635 1997 Initial
6003 Southern Pacific 62857* 62845* 62863 1997 Initial
6004 Union Pacific 69012* 69038 1999 Spring
6005 Allied Chemical 6305* 6312 1999 Spring
6006 US Chemical 2671* 2683 1999 Spring
6007 BNSF 85407 1999 Midyear
6008 ADM 30180 30189 1999 Midyear
6009 Domino Sugar 1709 1999 Midyear Limited Edition 2500
6010 Firestone 67964 2000 Midyear
6011 Gulf Oil Corp. 5890 2000 Midyear

2 Pack
6050 Heavenly Jalapenos 333 (2000)
Hades Hot Sauce 1134

ACE99 ACE Hardware none (1999) special run

Flatcar
7001 N&W with Corvette 2725* 1999 Spring Limited Edition 1500
7002 UP with boats 50055* 1999 Spring

Bulkhead Flatcar with Load
7003 ?? with lumber ? 2000 Fall
7004 UP with pipe ? 2000 Fall
7005 SF with puplwood ? 2000 Fall

Bulkhead Flatcar
7501 Pennsylvania 491330 New (2000)
7502 B&O 8955 New (2000)
7503 ATSF 92992 New (2000)

Skeleton Log Car
8001 Tuscan none* none 1999 Spring
8002 Black none* none 1999 Spring

3 pack
8050 Tuscan none (2000)


Shorty Ore Car
8101 Black none New (2000)
8102 Tuscan none New (2000)

Handcar
10000 none (2000)


Trolley
14001 Season Greetings ? 2000 Fall
14002 Metropolitan Transit ? 2000 Fall
14003 City Transport ? 2000 Fall


* old style box without picture of car on end flap


Note 1: "Industrial Rail" ad for cars first appeared in February 1998 CTT on page 13 (under UMD)
Note 2: "Spring 1999 New Rleases" ad for cars first appeared in January 1999 CTT on page 179
Note 3: "1999 Midyear Releases" ad for cars first appeared in August 1999 OGR on page 57
Note 4: "New Releases" (2000) ad for cars first appeared in January 2000 CTT on page 126
Note 5: "2000 Midyear Releases" ad for cars first appeared in August 2000 OGR on page 5
Note 6: Handcar ad "Let the Good Times Roll" first appeared in February 2000 CTT on page 155

Seems the Forum stripped out the spaces in my list. The number at the end (1997 to 2000) is the year of release based on the various ads in CTT and OGR.

Ramon

[Anonymous]

Guys and Gals(?),

Thanks for the feed back.

George