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Owner: Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Type: Box Car
AAR Class: XL: Loader Equipped. Box car similar in design to "XM", with steel perforated side walls or equipped with interior side rails for securement of certain types of lading and/or permanently attached movable bulkheads.
AAR Type: A330
Detail Info:   Equipped Box Car, Inside Length: 49' to 59', Other type door/opening
CBQ Class:   XM-6A
Builder:   Pullman-Standard 09/65
Max Gross Weight:   139500
Dry Capacity:   139000

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CB&Q Class XM-6A 10290
Title:  CB&Q Class XM-6A 10290
Description:  CB&Q XM-6A 10290, Cicero at Illinois on an unknown day in August 1980, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This was one of ten cars in the 10290-10299 number series, Class XM-6A. deliverd by Pullman in 1965. Initially designed for auto parts service, these cars had both 10 foot and 6 foot plug doors, Keystone cushion underframe, 6,400 cubic foot capacity, and an inside length of 60 feet 10 inches. By March 1969, all ten cars were assigned to the Kellogg Company in Omaha. This car is stenciled: BLT 9-65 and CEREAL LOADING ONLY
Photo Date:  8/1/1980  Upload Date: 2/3/2015 2:40:40 PM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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