Reference Reference
CSXT #965586---CSX ballast hopper on the move and sporting
a FRED (flashing rear-end device) into CSX Gentilly Yard. Note
that the central post on the car body was painted either black or
dark blue. This is the only one like this I caught! 02-22-97
CSXT #975073---CSX ballast hopper in what might have been
blue, but certainly appears black now! It also is the only
covered hopper conversion I have seen using the open-sided
covered hoppers from the 1950s. All the others are from cars
with fully-enclosed sides. CSX Gentilly Yard. 11-12-96
CSXT #996860---CSX hopper converted to MOW
service. How do we know? The "99" series gives it
away. Another secret that the car gives up is its
origin---The markout pattern along the top of the
carside tells us it used to be a Western Railway of
Alabama (WA) 3-bay hopper. 12-14-96
CSXT #997485---CSX hopper converted to MOW service,
as noted by its number. The painters were less concerned
with hiding the ancestry of this car and left the WofA
lettering intact. Note the great weathering pattern along
the posts and lower sill. CSX Gentilly Yard, 1995.
CSXT #997123---CSX 2-bay hopper converted to
MOW service. This was a very exciting find, and the
only one like it I have ever seen. The SCL markings
are nearly intact, though rust has taken its toll. Shot
11-95. I did a car trace on it 08-09-97, and the CSX
computer had no record of it. I understand that means
that it either had not moved in a year or was off the
roster/scrapped. The latter is tragically the more likely
scenario. Note the friction-bearing trucks that have
been "daylighted" and converted into roller-bearing
trucks.
C&O/CSX #964052---A purpose-built ballast hopper
in the early merger scheme where original reporting
marks were retained but the car painted for CSX.
This seems to have been common for Chessie cars,
but less so for Seaboard System cars. Note the tiny
splotch of light blue on the consolidated data stencil
updating it! 12-01-96
CSXT #964190--- A purpose-built ballast hopper in full
CSX markings. The car number suggests a C&O
ancestry when compared to other C&O MOW cars.
This car breaks the rule of having an MW marking on
the car body, as did others in this black and yellow
scheme. 12-01-96
Photos Copyrighted by Patrick Harris