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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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