{"id":875,"date":"2014-05-09T17:43:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T21:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/?page_id=875"},"modified":"2020-08-02T01:08:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T05:08:01","slug":"1984-freight-roster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/rolling-stock\/1984-freight-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"1984 Freight Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roster listing of Algoma Central freight equipment taken from a 1984 listing reproduced in Dale Wilson’s “Algoma Central Railway Story”. Numbers in brackets under quantity column show differences in 1986 Official Railway Equipment Register listings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mark<\/th>\nSeries<\/th>\nAAR<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\nLength<\/th>\nQty.<\/th>\nNote<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n601-875<\/td>\nGB<\/td>\nGondola<\/td>\n52’6″<\/td>\n204 (202)<\/td>\nWood floor, drop ends; 10 cars out of this series class GBS for coil steel svc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n900-924<\/td>\nGBSR<\/td>\nGondola, covered<\/td>\n52’6″<\/td>\n24<\/td>\nCoil steel svc.; a few cars classed as GBR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n925-934<\/td>\nGBSR<\/td>\nGondola, covered<\/td>\n52’6″<\/td>\n10<\/td>\nCoil steel svc.; ex-601-875 series<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n951-955<\/td>\nGB<\/td>\nGondola<\/td>\n52’6″<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nSteel floor, drop ends; ex-601-875 series?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n975-984<\/td>\nGBSR<\/td>\nGondola, covered<\/td>\n52’6″<\/td>\n9<\/td>\nCoil steel svc.; ex-601-875 series<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n1001-1400<\/td>\nGBS<\/td>\nGondola<\/td>\n61′<\/td>\n378 (374)<\/td>\nBulkhead ends<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ACIS<\/td>\n1401-1433<\/td>\nGTS<\/td>\nGondola, woodchip<\/td>\n61’6″<\/td>\n17<\/td>\nOriginal series range 1401-1490; 1418-1490 (except 1433) sold to WESX in 1983-84. 1401-1412 to NFPX around 1985-86. 1413, 1415-1417, 1433 converted to lumber service for Dubreuil Lumber in 1986.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n1501-1523<\/td>\nGTS<\/td>\nGondola, woodchip<\/td>\n61’6″<\/td>\n23 (0)<\/td>\nSold to NFPX in 1985<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n2301-2373<\/td>\nFB<\/td>\nFlatcar<\/td>\n40’1″<\/td>\n69 (0)<\/td>\nEnd racks. Non-interchange. Not listed in ORER.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n2401-2425<\/td>\nFB<\/td>\nFlatcar, bulkhead<\/td>\n52’8″<\/td>\n25<\/td>\nBulkhead ends. Acquired new.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n2426-2475<\/td>\nFB<\/td>\nFlatcar, bulkhead<\/td>\n52’6″<\/td>\n50<\/td>\nBulkhead ends. ex-BCIT \/80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n2902-2917<\/td>\nXM<\/td>\nBoxcar<\/td>\n40’6″<\/td>\n10 (0)<\/td>\nNon-interchange, Not listed in ORER.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n3501-3850<\/td>\nGB<\/td>\nGondola<\/td>\n48’6″<\/td>\n23 (0)<\/td>\nRemaining cars in this series non-interchange and no longer listed in ORER by mid 1980s. 1975 ORER shows 329 cars; down to 18 in 1980 ORER.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n3901-3908<\/td>\nGBA<\/td>\nGondola, Idler<\/td>\n48’6″<\/td>\n8 (0)<\/td>\nNon-interchange, Not listed in ORER.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n6001-6070 (8600-8629)<\/td>\nHT<\/td>\nHopper<\/td>\n40’6″<\/td>\n29 (0)<\/td>\nex-ONT 6001-6070 series, acquired in 1978; renumbered 8600-8629 around 1984 or 1985; neither series listed in 1986 ORER.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n6605-7604<\/td>\nHM<\/td>\nHopper<\/td>\n30’6″<\/td>\n16 (0)<\/td>\nNon-interchange, Not listed in ORER.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n8001-8100<\/td>\nHMA<\/td>\nHopper<\/td>\n31′<\/td>\n98<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n8201-8500<\/td>\nHT<\/td>\nHopper<\/td>\n30’2″<\/td>\n287<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AC<\/td>\n10701-10716<\/td>\nMWI<\/td>\nFlatcar, Idler<\/td>\n40’6″<\/td>\n16 (0)<\/td>\nNon-interchange, Not listed in ORER.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roster listing of Algoma Central freight equipment taken from a 1984 listing reproduced in Dale Wilson’s “Algoma Central Railway Story”. Numbers in brackets under quantity column show differences in 1986 Official Railway Equipment Register listings. Mark Series AAR Description Length … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74,"parent":328,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-875","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3OeVX-e7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3963,"href":"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/875\/revisions\/3963"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanderheide.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}