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Anybody know for sure what these cars are used for???????????????

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Posted by zapp on Thursday, September 8, 2005 1:04 PM
I can't bask myself, but I do have access to UPRR computer being an employee and all!
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Posted by CShaveRR on Thursday, September 8, 2005 11:46 PM
One report has come in, saying that these cars are definitely shortened Coalveyors. The build date on one of the cars was 6/79; all of them show in UP's computer system as having a weigh date of 8/2002 (same as the AEI tag date; safe to assume that they were rebuilt specifically for this service).

Still am hoping to receive a prior identity for one of these cars. Definitely an interesting use for an obsolete steel coal gon!

Carl

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Posted by spbed on Sunday, September 11, 2005 7:10 AM
The marks on the car in the pix are RRMX 1039. When you blow up the pix as my son did you can clearly read the letters & numbers on the car. [:o)][:p][:)]

Originally posted by CShaveRR
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