Re: (erielack) The EL Hot 100...honorable mention #13

[Rich C <rhcdmc_@_yahoo.com>]

Pat & List, There maybe a remote possibility that someone like Moloco will produce a "similar" kit. Years back Modelers Choice offered "similar" cars. There kits were mostly laser cut styrene sides. The user would furnish the ends, roof, trucks and super details. The kits go together very well.
On a side note, notice the friction bearing trucks! The EL, IC, GM&O and a few others must have gotten a discount on cars with these type of trucks. In 1966 it became somewhat standard that all new cars come equipped with roller bearing trucks. I know the EL was becoming cheap, but the other 2 roads flourished. Guess they really do know more than us! More than likely they were granted friction bearing trucks because of certain hardships.
Rich Christie

On Tuesday, August 15, 2017, 4:06:47 PM CDT, Patrick Moore <pat.moore_@_att.net> wrote:


List...

Some of you might have noticed a general lack of insulated boxcars in the EL Hot 100, apart from the ARMH and MHLX cars assigned to haul Miller Beer and the EFCX Evergreen cars that generally hauled plywood.  In fact, the consist sheet database has almost 1700 insulated boxcars, which is more than twice as many mechanical reefers in the database.  I think the reason that not many insulated boxcars showed up in the top 100 is that insulated boxcars were generally built in smaller lots or were broken down into smaller groups in the Official Railway Equipment Register because of internal load restraining devices.  This was the case with EL insulated boxcars, also called "grocery cars" by the railroad.

The EL took delivery of 150 insulated boxcars built by ACF in 1967, broken down into four smaller lots in an overall number series 69000 - 69149.  Some were classified as XL instead of RBL, but all were similar in design, with offset 10'6" Youngstown plug doors, sides that had eight posts to the left of the plug door and six posts to the right, ACF Freightsaver cushioned underframes, and solid bearing trucks.  Altogether, the consist sheet database had 39 examples, which would place this car in the range of 72 to 74 in the EL Hot 100.

Picture...
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/el69069ajs.jpg


Locations...
Most of the RBL cars were in assigned service to food manufacturers like Del Monte or Campbells for hauling canned goods to food distributors and supermarket warehouses in the northeast.  The XL cars were in assigned service to Morton Salt or International Salt, for example.  A number were noted going back and forth to Standard Brands in Sherburne, NY.  The cars could be seen in other services at times.  For example, one car assigned to the agent in Bath NY, presumably for hauling wine from Hammondsport, was caught with a load of furniture from Gunlocke Chair in Wayland, NY, to Dallas, TX.

Model...
None.  This would be a challenge to kitbash and might require scratchbuilding the sides.  One wonders if any other railroads had similar ACF-built cars.

- -pat


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