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These files are part of the original construction of this site.
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RBBX 40011 (40000 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 171, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 143,000 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 77,000 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 0".)
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RBBX 40016 (40000 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 170, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 143,000 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 77,000 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 3".)
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RBBX 41303 (41300 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 176, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 138,500 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 81,500 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 5".)
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RBBX 41303 (41300 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 176, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 138,500 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 81,500 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 5".)
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RBBX 41303 (41300 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 176, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 138,500 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 81,500 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 5".)
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RBBX 41305 (41300 series car) beneath the Central Avenue overpass in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 178, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 138,500 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 81,500 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 4".)
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RBBX 42102 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 174, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 133,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 86,700 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 3".)
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RBBX 42102 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard, showing two sets of spare wheels being carried under the car body. (car number 174, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 133,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 86,700 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 3".)
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RBBX 42102 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 174, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 133,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 86,700 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 3".)
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RBBX 42107 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard, looking east and down from the Central Avenue bridge. A "pig" (piggyback) train is in the yard in the background. (car number 177, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 133,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 86,700 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 5".)
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RBBX 42109 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 175, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 133,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 86,700 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 13' 8".)
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RBBX 42109 (42100 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 175, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 133,300 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 86,700 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 13' 8".)
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RBBX 42204 (42200 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 172, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 131,500 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 88,500 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 6".)
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RBBX 43009 (43000 series car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 173, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 135,400 pounds, total allowable gross weight 220,000 pounds, load limit 84,600 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 6".)
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RBBX 60001 (Baggage car) in the Galewood rail yard. (car number 169, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, tare weight 126,000 pounds, total allowable gross weight 330,000 pounds, load limit 100,000 pounds, length 85' 6", width 10' 6", height 14' 3".)
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RBBX 84801 (Container car) in the Galewood rail yard. (built December 1964, builder number December 1987, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, length 94' 6", width 10' 0", height 13' 3".)
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RBBX 84801 (Container car) in the Galewood rail yard. (built December 1964, builder number December 1987, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, length 94' 6", width 10' 0", height 13' 3".)
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RBBX 84802 (Container car) in the Galewood rail yard. (built October 1970, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, length 94' 6", width 10' 0", height 13' 3".)
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RBBX 84802 (Container car) in the Galewood rail yard. (built October 1970, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, length 94' 6", width 10' 0", height 13' 3".)
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RBBX 84802 (Container car) in the Galewood rail yard. (built October 1970, photographed 28 November 1998) (Equipment characteristics: AAR car type M530, plate code B, length 94' 6", width 10' 0", height 13' 3".)
I took these photographs during November of 1998 using a Sony Mavica FD-7 digital camera. Adobe Photoshop was used for electronic dark room processing. I've written a custom perl 5 script which constructs these pages from a terse text description file, using a template file.
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This is an unofficial site without any affiliation with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Equipment characteristics are courtesy of the BNSF Web site query service. This is a free site hosted by Angelfire.
Photographs and text copyright © Harold A. Driscoll, 1999. All rights reserved.