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QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp To the best of my knowledge, this is TTX's foray into any type of specialized boxcars. I wonder what will be next. Autoparts cars, reefers, nothing? I also noticed it is an XPI, not an RBL.
QUOTE: Originally posted by kenneo QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp To the best of my knowledge, this is TTX's foray into any type of specialized boxcars. I wonder what will be next. Autoparts cars, reefers, nothing? I also noticed it is an XPI, not an RBL. An RBL would have load restraining devices in it -- a "DF" (Damage Free). R=Refrigerated(ie Insulated) B=Box L=Load Restraining Device(s) Equiped XPI is a plain insulated box car X=Box Car P=Plain I=Insulated. Please do not ask why in one designation a box car is "B" and in another it is "X". I don't know the rational for that. Plain box cars are Xxx mechanical designations -- a plain single door old style box car is an XM. Insulated and refrigerated cars are Rxx. A mechanical reefer with DF bulkheads in it would be an RML; without the mechanical unit it is an RBL.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Gluefinger What's up with Railbox and TTX together now? I thought Railbox was dead!
I just saw my first IBOX car today!
It was the prototype--IBOX 110102, built in April 2004--and, as far as I can tell, it's still the only IBOX car out there. It was built by Gunderson, and stencilled with class XGH-601. It should be XGH-60I, but it carries the other nonsensical class as a typo. It looked like portions of the side I saw had been painted over already--whether that was a repair or an obliteration of graffiti, I don't know.
Although it has no mechanical refrigeration, it has a device for GPS tracking on one end (at least I think that's what that thing near the roof is).
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