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Minneapolis & St. Louis 1247

MOW flat car

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Minneapolis & St. Louis 1247 MOW flat car [foreground] with Commonwealth Edison 2532 Open coal gondola car [background], in the Waukegan UP yard.

MSTL 1247, CWEX 2532, MSTL, MOW cars, Flat cars, Freight cars, MSTL MX401, CWEX, Coal gondola cars, Open gondola cars, photographed on 1 January 2000 at Waukegan UP yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera (with tripod) [railfan/2000/01/00101230.jpg] NEW 6 January 2000

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MSTL 1247, work flat. MSTL 1247 maintenance of way series (C&NW series MX401) (MSTL 858-1258, 24 cars owned in this series in June 1995, 5 cars on heavy bad order). [source: Freight Car Situation Report, June 1995, page 20. Courtesy of Chicago and North Western Final Freight Car Roster, The Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Library of Congress catalog card number 98-073877, 1999, page 234.]

Equipment characteristics of MSTL 1247: AAR car type M150 (M-O-W, Scale, Passenger, Caboose, and End-of-train information systems), plate type B, tare weight 49,500 pounds, total gross weight allowed 177,000 pounds, load limit 127,500 pounds. [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, October 1999]

Railcar fleet details for MSTL 1247: Maintenance of Way, Scale, Passenger, Caboose and End-of-Train, Mechanical Designation: MWF; AAR Car Type Code: M150; Plate Clearance: B; Trans. Code: X; Trans Cond Code: A; Draft Gear: 88; Tare Weight: 49,500 lbs. [courtesy of CSXT Railcar Fleet Details, November 1999]

Chicago Rail Photographs collection updated 19 April 2024 at 21:11. Photographs and text copyright © 1998-2000 Harold A. Driscoll, All Rights Reserved. Email address is provided exclusively for personal contact, but emphatically not for use for SPAM net.abuse.