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86182 2-pack $49.90. Frisco served auto plants in Oklahoma and Missouri plus handled considerable bridge traffic from the Deep South to the Midwest and Southwest. The Frisco was acquired by Burlington Northern in 1980.
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86241 Norfolk & Western double door single car $24.95. This large batch was delivered in the Spring of ‘65 in this paint scheme. They were initially assigned for loading on the Chicago Heights Terminal & Transfer (now part of UP.)
Products bearing Minneapolis & St. Louis marks are made under trademark license from Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Rock Island had been picking up 70 ton 3-bay offset side hoppers in quantity since 1949. They leased this particular batch from United States Railway Equipment in 1971. These cars (which had been built years before by Pullman Standard) had a good going-over by USRE and were equipped with modern roller bearing trucks. ACI tags were mandatory by this time and are included on these cars. 73101 Rock Island single $17.95; 73102 2-Pack $35.90.
Santa Fe began taking delivery of these 14-Panel hoppers in 1964 and eventually built up a fleet of 800 cars. In addition to coal generated in New Mexico and other pockets around the system, Santa Fe also used these hoppers for various aggregates and minerals as well as coke. These cars had roller bearing trucks. 14062 2-Pack. $37.90.
Delaware & Hudson began acquiring these 14-Panel 70 ton cars in 1958. They were used for coal and ilmenite service for many years. In fact during D&H’s big expansion (the result of trackage rights granted by the newly created Conrail) the line picked up more of these cars to serve the expanded system. 14071 Delaware & Hudson single $18.95; 14072 2-Pack $37.90, 14073 3-Pack $56.85.
The 600 mile Monon covered Indiana with an X shaped system. One axis linked Chicago with Indianapolis and the other axis linked the Great Lakes port of Michigan City to Louisville. The two routes crossed in the small city of Monon, Indiana. Monon would merge with Louisville & Nashville in 1971. Monon 73113 3-Pack $56.85.
In January of 1969, when these cars arrived from Greenville, Chicago Burlington & Quincy was preparing for merger with parents Great Northern and Northern Pacific (and sibling SP&S.) New equipment was being delivered in Cascade Green with “BURLINGTON ” in the new style lettering and CB&Q reporting marks. After the merger, they expected to add “NORTHERN ” and change the number. However, small changes in the lettering style led BN to abandon this plan and completely repaint the cars only when they came up for major shopping. We photographed one of these cars still in original lettering in California in 1996, 26 years after the BN merger! 86351 Burlington Route green single car $25.95.
Baltimore & Ohio received a large batch of these cars from Greenville in 1969 and 1970. Unlike B&O’s earlier batches of quad door cars, these came with unpainted natural aluminum doors and a pair of capitol dome logos on each side (one in yellow and one in blue on a yellow disk.) B&O’s auto parts fleet was lopsided in favor of quad door cars, reflecting the predominance of General Motors traffic on the line. 87142 2-Pack $51.90.
The 1,500 mile Minneapolis & St. Louis ran from the Twin Cities and points in South Dakota, south through central Iowa, then east to connections with the eastern trunk lines in Peoria, Illinois. They presented themselves as a bridge route from the Northwest to the East whilst avoiding the congestion of Chicago. Ironically, coal was their largest single commodity. 73131 single car $21.79