The car was sold to the Penn Central RR in November of 1969 where it was converted into a 108 seat commuter-coach, No. 2413. The Cedar Rapids & Iowa City RR purchased the car in the early 1980’s for excursion service and renumbered it No. 113. In 2001, the car was rebuilt by the Cuyahoga…
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Previous owners: Quest Communications and the Southern Pacific Railroad No. 5053. Donated to the Museum by Bob Hussey.
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Previous owners: Quest Communications and the Southern Pacific Railroad No. 5051. Donated to the Museum by Bob Hussey.
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This car was rebuilt in September 1965. It went to the Union Pacific RR when they acquired Southern Pacific in 1995, becoming UP #58259. Before being donated to the Museum, this car was used as piggyback trailer unloading ramp in the Union Pacific’s former Rock Island yard in downtown Oklahoma City. In 2003, it was…
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TX 11-77. Donated to the ORM by the Continental Oil Company of Ponca City, OK.
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Type T-43. Donated to the ORM by the Continental Oil Company of Ponca City, OK.
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It was used to transport petroleum products by the Continental Oil Company (CONOCO) of Ponca City, OK. The car was donated to the ORM by CONOCO.
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It was used to transport petroleum products by the Continental Oil Company (CONOCO) of Ponca City, OK. The car was donated to the ORM by CONOCO. Refurbishment was completed in 2016.
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The Super Hoppers could carry approximately 30% more grain than the comparative number of standard grain hopper cars, but weighed less than the same number of cars saving on fuel and maintenance costs. They were anticipated to revolutionize the grain-hauling industry, much as articulated units had for container traffic. As it turned out, shippers disliked…
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These boxcars were equipped with Andrews trucks when new. All were retired and sold or scrapped by 1955. This car is missing its running gear (trucks, brake gear, and couplers). Currently stored in ORM’s Owanda Siding, it sits just north of another old wooden boxcar which is also missing its running gear.
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