Maintenance of way equipment in use during the 1970s and beyond.

Bob Welke provided information on the maintenance of way equipment roster in use on the railroad:

The rosters below reflect the roster on the railroad in the 1970s, and then again in the 1980s after Itel Corporation purchased the railroad. The Hart gondola fleet was reduced in size in by retirements in 1977 and again in 1979 to a fleet of just six cars. There was a general renumbering of the M of W equipment in early 1980.

 

1970s M of W Roster
Numbers	Description	Number of cars	Notes
X2	60' flat car	2	Built by International Railway Car & Equipment Mfg. Corp. 3-1945 60'-2" overall length; Vulcan trucks; 20" fish belly center sill; 3" oak deck; 140,000 capy (70-ton)
X3	40' flat car	1
X5, X6	Western side dump cars	2
X45	40' steel boxcar	1	Placed in service in June 1973.  In service until at least 2001.
X106	60' flat car	1	Built from underframe of coach 106.
X190	Jordan Spreader	1
X414, X415	Engine sand cars	2
X603?	Flat car	1	The frame of business car #603 (scrapped 1972) was used around Norwood Yard as a flat car for at least two years.
X1201	Rogers ballast car	1
X1203	Rogers "Maxi-end" ballast car	1
X7001-X7040	Hart gondolas	17	Purchased from Wisconsin & Michigan RR.  Scattered numbers. Added X7040 in 1971 from A&W.
X14018	40' wood boxcar	1	Retired June 1973 and replaced by X45.
1980s-90s M of W Roster
Numbers	Description	Number of cars	Notes
X120	Rogers ballast car	1	Former X1201.
X121	Rogers "Maxi-end" ballast car	1	Former X1203.
X122-X128	Hart gondolas	7	Former X7001-X7040.
X129	40' flat car	1	Former X3
X130-X131	Western side dump cars	2	Former X5, X6
X132-X135	Difco side dump cars	4	Placed in service June 1980 from Oliver Mining.
X190	Jordan Spreader	1	Still in use by successor Canadian National as of 2006.
X414-X415	Engine sand cars	2
X9841	40' tank car	1	Marked 7885 gallons.