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An Inventory of Its Freight Car Specifications at the Minnesota NP Mechanical Dept. Freight Car Specifications Spec. No. Description Dates C-O Hicks Double Deck Car 1886 C-l Standard Stock Car Body 1885 C-2 Standard Fruit Car 1890 c-3 Flat Bottom Gondola 1905 C-4 Standard Box Car 1883 c-21 Standard Box Car - Roller Bearing 1886-1889 C-22 Standard Caboose Truck 1888-1890 C-23 Standard Caboose Car Body 1886 C-23 40' flat car - S.P.&D. R.R. C-24 Boarding Cars C-25 Roller Bearing Iron Truck C-27 Swing Motion Roller Bearing Truck c-28 Truck No. 3 C-35 Standard Stock Car Body 1888 C-65 Refrigerator Car 1888 C-67 Roller Bearing Truck 1889 C-68 Truck 1889 C-74 Flat Car 1890 C-82 Refrigerator Car 1890 C-85 Wheels 1890 C-1l8 Street's Stable Car 1892 C-120 Stock Car Truck 1892 C-122 34' Box Car 1892 C-133 41' Flat Car 1892 C-135 Roller Bearing Truck 1892 C-139 Roller Bearing Truck 1892 C-141 36' Box Car 1892 C-144 36' Stock Car 1892 C-146 36' Flat Car 1893 C-148 Roller Bearing Stock Car Truck 1893 C-155 Truck, 4" x 7" Journal 1893 C-163 41' Flat Car 1894 C-169 37' Box Car 1895 C-171 Metal Frame Truck with Roller Bearing 1895 C-173 42' Box Car 1895 C-182 Bolsters and spring seats 1896 C-183 Bolsters and spring seats 1897 F-4 42' Hart Convertible 1918 F-5 30' Twin Hopper 1898 F-6 40' Box Car 1906 F-8 41' Flat Car 1895 F-9 Rubber gaskets on doors 1889 F-I0 33'8" Box Car undated F-ll Low roller bearing truck 1900 F-13 36' Box Car 1900 F-14 32' Twin Hopper Coal Car 1900 F-15 22' Caboose undated F-16 80,000-lb. capacity trucks 1900 NP Mechanical Dept. Freight Car Specifications Page 2. Spec. No. Description Dates F-17 38' stock car 1900 F-19 33'8" Box Car undated F-20 30' Hopper bottom coal car 1898 F-34-C 41' Flat Car 1905 Triple Hopper Cars (SOO) 1949 F-7S 80,000-lb. capacity trucks 1904 F-7S-B 80,000-lb. capacity trucks 1906 F- 7S-C 80,000-lb. capacity trucks 1909 F-76 42' Refrigerator Cars 1904 F-76-A 42' Refrigerator Cars 1905 F-76-C 42' Refrigerator Cars 1906 F-1l2-A 36' stock car 1902 F-200 40' Refrigerat~r Car 1908 F-20l-A 60,000 lb. capacity truck 1907 F-202 40' Refrigerator Car 1909 F-203 60,000-lb. capacity truck 1909 F-204 40' steel Gondola Cars 1909 F-20S 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1909 F-206 40' Lidgerwood Car 1909 F-207 42' Refrigerator Car 1909 F-208 S~" x 10" Refrigerator Truck 1909 F-209 40' Box Car - steel frame 1911 F-209-A 40' Box steel frame 1911 F-2l0 80,000-lb. capacity truck 1911 F-2l0-A 80,000-lb. capacity truck 1914 F-2l0-B 80,000-lb. capacity truck 1914 F-2l0-C 80,000-lb. capacity truck undated F-2l0-D 80,000-lb. capacity truck 1922 F-213-A Painting box cars 19l5 F-2l4 40' steel Gondola Car 1911 F-2l4-A 40' steel Gondola Car 1912 F-2l4-B 40' steel Gondola Car 1911 F-2lS 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1911 F-2lS-A 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1911 F-2lS-B 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1912 F-2lS-C 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1914 F-2l6 42' Refrigerator Cars-steel frame undated F-217 42' Passenger Refrigerator Cars 1912 F-2l8 4-wheel truck for Passenger Refrigerator 1911 F-2IS-A 4-wheel truck for Passenger Refrigerator 1913 F-2l9 4-compartment tank car 1912 F-220 Single compartment tank car 1912 F-220-A Single compartment tank car 1911 F-22l Painting Tin Car Roofs 1913 F-22S 40' steel frame stock car 1912 F-226 42' steel frame Refrigerator Car 1912 F-227 40' steel frame box car 1912 NP Mechanical Dept. Freight Car Specifications Page 3. Spec. No. Description Dates F-229 Steel Frame Passenger Refrigerator Car 1913 F-230 Hart Convertible Car 1913 F-23l 100,000-lb. capacity truck undated F-232 Steel Ore Car 1913 F-233 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1913 F-233-A 100,000-lb. capacity truck Ore Cars 1914 F-234 80,000 capacity truck 1914 F-235 41' steel frame flat car undated F-236 40' M & I Box Car 1915 F-237 80,000-lb. capacity truck 1915 F-238 40' steel frame box car undated F-238-A 40' steel frame box car undated F-240 40' steel Gondola Car undated F-24l 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1916 F-243 Steel Ore Car 1916 F-245 40' steel frame box car undated F-246 42' steel frame refrigerator car 1916 F-248 40' steel frame stock car 1919 F-249 80,000-lb. capacity truck undated F-250 24' steel frame caboose 1920 F-25l 60,000-lb. capacity truck 1920 F-252 24' steel frame caboose 1920 F-253 60,000-lb. capacity truck 1920 F-254 40' steel frame box cars 1920 F-255 80,000-lb. capacity truck 1922 F-256 42' steel frame refrigerator car undated F-257 40' steel Gondola Car 1922 F-258 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1922 F-259 42' steel frame refrigerator car 1922 F-260 steel frame passenger refrigerator car 1922 F-26l truck for passenger refrigerator car 1922 F-262 40' Conv. Ballast Car 1922 F-263 truck for Ballast Car 1922 F-264 40' steel frame Box Car 1922 F-265 80,000-lb. capacity truck 1922 F-266 40' steel frame Stock Car 1922 F-267 60,000-lb. capacity truck undated F-268 50' steel frame auto car 1922 F-269 40' steel frame box car 1922 F-270 80,000-lb. capacity truck 1922 F-271-A Steel frames for Passenger Refrigerator Cars 1924 F-272 Steel Ore Car 150 m. capacity 1923 F-273 l40,000-lb. capacity truck 1923 F-274 40' steel Gondola Car 1924 F-275 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1924 F-276 40' Gondola Car 1924 NF l'lechanical Dep t.' Freight Car Specifications Page 4. Spec. No. Description Dates F-277 40' Steel frame car 1924 F-278 80,000-lb. capacity truck 1924 F-279 40' Box Cars 1924 F-280 Steel sills for Cabooses 1924 F-280-A Steel sills for Cabooses 1937 F-28l 50' Steel frame Auto Car 1926 F-282 100,000 capacity truck 1926 F-283 40' camp. Gondola Car 1927 F-284 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1927 F-285 40' cony. Ballast Car 1927 F-286 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1927 F-287 50' steel frame Flat Car 1927 F-288 70 ton Hopper Car 1928 F-289 l40,000-lb. capacity truck 1928 F-290 50 ton Hopper Car 1928 F-29l 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1928 F-292 42' steel Gondola Car 1929 F-293 l40,000-lb. capacity truck 1929 F-294 50' steel frame Auto Car 1929 F-295 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1929 F-296 40' 6~" Steel frame Stock Car 1929 F-297 80,000-lb. capacity truck 1929 F-298 52' steel frame Flat Car 1929 F-299 40' 6" steel frame Stock Car 1930 F-30l 100,000 capacity truck 1930 F-303 40' 6" steel frame Stock Car 1931 F-304 40' steel frame Box Car 1931 F-305 40' steel frame Box Car 1931 F-306 Steel Twin Hopper Car 1931 F-307 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1931 F-308 Steel Gondola Car 1936 F-309 52' steel frame Flat Car 1936 F-3l0 40' 6" steel frame Stock Car 1936 F-3U 52' steel frame Flat Car 1936 F-3l2 52' steel frame Gondola Car 1936 F-313 52' steel frame Flat Car 1936 F-3l4 40' 6" steel frame Stock Car 1936 F-3l5 52' steel frame Flat Car 1936 F-3l6 140M steel Gondola Car 1936 F-3l7 41' steel frame Flat Car 1936 F-3l8 100M steel Gondola Car 1936 F-3l9 100M steel Box Car 1936 F-320 40' 9" Box Car 1936 F-334 53' 6" steel frame Flat Car 1942 F-335 41' Composite Gondola Car 1942 F-337 40' 6" Box Car 1943 NP Mechanical Dept. Freight Car Specifications Page 5. 8pec. No. Descr ip tion Dates F-339 40' 6" steel Box Car 1944 8-7 41' Flat Car 1898 8-12 41' Flat Car 1900 S-18 Roller Bearing Truck 1900 8-27 Roller Bearing Truck undated 8-28 Roller Bearing Truck 70,000-lb. capacity 1905 S-32 Roller Bearing Truck 70,000-lb. capacity 1900 S-32-A 70,000-lb. capacity truck 1905 8-32-C 70,000-lb. capacity truck 1906 8-33 36' box Car 1900 S-33 33' 8" Box Car 1888 S-34 41' Flat Car 1900 8-35 41' 8ide Dump Ballast Cars 1900 S-37 50,000-lb. capacity truck 1900 8-38 80,000-lb. capacity truck 1900 8-39 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1900 8-39-B 100,000-lb. capacity truck 1905 8-46 37' Double Deck 8tock Car 1901 8-47 37' Stock Car 1901 8-48 50,000-lb. capacity stock car truck 1901 8-49 26' Caboose 1901 S-49-A 26' Caboose 1903 8-50 Caboose Roller Bearing Truck 1901 8-51 Painting 26' Caboose 1901 S-52 Rogers Ballast Car 1901 8-53 High Coal 8ides for Ballast Car 1901 S-75-A 80,000-lb.
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