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Owner: Illinois Central
Type: Reefer

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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description:  Illinois Central's experimental aluminum referigerator car 51000 was photographed outside its birth place a month after its 35th birthday. The railroad's shops at McComb, Mississippi completed the car in September 1946. Designed in collaboration with Alcoa and the United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association, it was intended as a possible prototype for post-WWII reefers. It weighed about 26 tons, several tons less than a comparable steel car, and gave good service; but it was not duplicated... probably because of its high initial cost. Some time after this photo was taken, the car was placed in a McComb park, where it joined an IC 4-8-2; and these are now on display next to the city's Amtrak depot.

In 1946 and 1947 Pacific Fruit Express built a pair of aluminum reefers, the first with material supplied by Reynolds Metals and the second by Alcoa. PFE concluded that the weight benefits of the cars were more than offset by their high cost, and built no more aluminum reefers.
Photo Date:  10/3/1981  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 9:36:52 AM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  RollingStock
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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description:  Details
Photo Date:  10/3/1981  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 9:37:20 AM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  RollingStock
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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description:  Details
Photo Date:  10/3/1981  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 9:40:11 AM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  RollingStock
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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description:  Details
Photo Date:  10/3/1981  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 9:40:44 AM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  RollingStock
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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description:  Thermometer
Photo Date:  10/3/1981  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 9:41:08 AM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  RollingStock
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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description:  First All-Aluminum Reefer car built at the McComb Shops of the ICRR
Photo Date:  5/31/2005  Upload Date: 12/13/2005 8:11:45 PM
Location:  McComb, IL
Author:  Kermit Geary, JR
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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description:  Truck detail on IC 51000
Photo Date:  8/5/2010  Upload Date: 10/13/2010 11:47:49 PM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Trey Meador
Categories:  RollingStock
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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description:  Thermometer
Photo Date:  8/5/2010  Upload Date: 10/13/2010 11:49:41 PM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Trey Meador
Categories:  RollingStock
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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description:  Dimensional data
Photo Date:  8/5/2010  Upload Date: 10/13/2010 11:51:12 PM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Trey Meador
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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description:  McComb Shops built Aluminum reefer in pristine shape
Photo Date:  8/5/2010  Upload Date: 10/13/2010 11:45:58 PM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Trey Meador
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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description:  Brake detail
Photo Date:  8/5/2010  Upload Date: 10/13/2010 11:52:39 PM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Trey Meador
Categories:  RollingStock
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IC #51000 on display
Title:  IC #51000 on display
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/7/2010  Upload Date: 8/9/2010 10:03:40 PM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Mick Nussbaum
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  537   Comments: 0
IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/20/2012  Upload Date: 5/20/2012 7:52:46 PM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Jamie Joyce
Categories:  RollingStock
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Display of IC equipment
Title:  Display of IC equipment
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/2013  Upload Date: 5/9/2013 6:21:50 PM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  G Gerard
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Locomotives:  IC 2542(4-8-2)
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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/2013  Upload Date: 5/9/2013 6:22:09 PM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  G Gerard
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IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/19/2016  Upload Date: 2/19/2016 11:01:16 PM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Bob Keenan
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Views:  228   Comments: 0
IC 51000
Title:  IC 51000
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/26/2023  Upload Date: 4/2/2023 8:54:04 PM
Location:  McComb, MS
Author:  Bob Krug
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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