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As of this time, I can account for 681 RailWhales, 462 6-axle cars and 219 8-axles cars.  These cars can be broken into ten ownership groups, as shown here:

ORIGINAL OWNERSHIP GROUPS
 MARK 
 CARS 
OWNER
ACFX
SHPX
93 The Shippers Car Line Division of ACF Industries
CELX
101  Celanese Corp.
DUPX
223  E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.
ESMX
34 Essem Corp.
GATX
113 General American Transportation Corp.
IAPX
5 Industrial Air Products
MCPX
MONX
37 Monsanto Company
NATX
57 North American Car Corp.
PRR
2 Pennsylvania Railroad
RAIX
20 United States Leasing International, Inc.
UTLX
1 Union Tank Car Co.

The Shippers Car Line 6-axle cars originally had SHPX reporting marks, but these were subsequently changed to ACFX

The Essem Corp. (ESMX) and United States Leasing International (RAIX) were both affiliated with Union Carbide Corp.  In about 1984, the 32 active ESMX cars received the Union Carbide CCBX reporting mark.  Around 1988, 25 of the 32 active cars received the Vista Chemical Corp. VICX reporting mark.  In 1998, Vista Chemical became CONDEA Vista and the VICX cars and reporting mark were acquired by Union Tank Car Co.  The RAIX reporting mark was reassigned to Union Carbide in 1981.

Most of the Monsanto cars wore MCPX reporting marks through their existence.  Three cars (23034-23039) had the MONX reporting mark for a few years, but this was changed to MCPX.

SERIES AXLES NO BUILDER DATE NOTES
ACFX 17451-17475
6
  25
AC&F
Lot 71-14104
 
A, 12; orig. SHPX
ACFX 17481-17495
6
  15
AC&F
Lot 71-14104
 
A, 12; orig. SHPX
ACFX 17779-17790
 
8
12
AC&F
Lot 71 14188 
8/70  
ACFX 18948-18952
 
8
5
AC&F
Lot 71-14162
9/69  
ACFX 85299-85302
 
8
4
AC&F
Lot 71-13576
9/69  
ACFX 88348-88361
6
  14
AC&F
Lot 71-14120
1/68
A, 12; orig. SHPX
ACFX 88362-88375
6
  14
AC&F
Lot 71-14121
1/68
A, 12; orig. SHPX
ACFX 89331-89332
 
8
2
AC&F
Lot 71-14180
   
ACFX 89351-89352
 
8
2
AC&F
Lot 71-14183
   
CCBX 4800-4833
 
8
34     4-6/69
7; re #'d to VICX; orig. ESMX 4800-4833
CELX 6400-6458
6
  59
GATC
  6-12/68
B
CELX 7500-7502
 
8
3
GATC
  7/68  
CELX 10400-10438
6
  39
AMF
  10/69-2/70
B
CR 70899
6
  1
PRR
Class TP-1
1/66
A, 10; re #'d from PC 799000; orig. PRR 500001
DAKX 29600=29642
 
6
2       orig. DUPX 29600-29642  
DAKX 29643=29666
 
6
4       orig. DUPX 29643-29666  
DUPX 12401-12405
 
8
5        
DUPX 28050-28090
 
8
41
GATC
  1/68-6/70  
DUPX 29400-29439
6
  40
GATC
  4/70
B
DUPX 29600-29642
6
  43
GATC
  8/68
B
DUPX 29643-29666
6
  24
AMF
  5-6/70
B
DUPX 29700-29769
 
8
70
AC&F
Lot 18-14142
10-12/68
 
ESMX 4800-4833
 
8
34     4-6/69
7; to CCBX; to VICX
GATX 11571-11574
 
8
4
GATC
     
GATX 81663-81677
 
8
15
GATC
     
GATX 94650-94706
6
  57
GATC
   
B
GATX 96500
 
8
1
GATC
  9/65
8
GATX 98200
6
  1
GATC
     
GATX 98202-98214
6
  13
GATC
     
GATX 98217-98238
6
  22
GATC
     
IAPX 1001=1008
6
  5
 
   
Discontiuous series; Cryogenic cars?
MCPX 23000-23036
6
  37
AC&F
Lot 18-13181
 
B, 9; 3 cars to MONX 23034-23036 & back
MONX 23034-23036
6
  37
AC&F
Lot 18-13181
 
B, 9; 3 cars re #'d from MCPX 23034-23036 & back
NATX 37300-37301
6
  2
 
   
A
NATX 38000-38054
6
  55
 
  ?/67
A
PC 799000
6
  1
PRR
Class TP-1
1/66
A, 10; re #'d to CR 70899; orig. PRR 500001
PRR 500000
6
  1
PRR
Class TM-1
?/66
A
PRR 500001
6
  1
PRR
Class TP-1
1/66
A, 10; to PC 799000; to CR 70899
RAIX 4300-4319
 
8
20     ?-11/70  
SHPX 17451-17475
6
  25
AC&F
Lot 71-14104
 
A, 12; to ACFX
SHPX 17481-17495
6
  15
AC&F
Lot 71-14104
 
A, 12; to ACFX
SHPX 88348-88361
6
  14
AC&F
Lot 71-14120
1/68
A, 12; to ACFX
SHPX 88362-88375
6
  14
AC&F
Lot 71-14121
1/68
A, 12; to ACFX
UTLX 83699
 
8
1
UTC
  3/63
13
VICX 4800-4833
 
8
34     4-6/69
7; re #'d from CCBX 4800-4833; orig. ESMX

Renumbered series denoted with bold italics.

Note A – Equipped with American Steel Foundries (ASF) 6-wheel trucks.

Note B – Equipped with Buckeye Steel Castings 6-wheel trucks.

Note 7 – These cars were built for Essem Corp. (ESMX), a subsidiary of Union Carbide Corp. In about 1984, the 32 cars that were still in service received the Union Carbide CCBX reporting mark. Around 1988, 25 of the 32 active cars received the Vista Chemical Corp. VICX reporting mark. In 1998, Vista Chemical became CONDEA Vista and the VICX cars and reporting mark were acquired by Union Tank Car Co. In October 2003 UMLER listed three CCBX cars and 25 VICX cars.

Note 8 – GATX donated this car to the National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis in 1971.

Note 9 – Most of the cars in this series always had the MCPX reporting mark.  For a few years, three cars (23034-23036) had the MONX reporting mark; but this was changed to MCPX.

Note 10 – Conrail donated this car to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania at Strasburg in 1998.

Note 12 – These cars originally had the SHPX reporting mark, but this was changed to ACFX.

Note 13 – Union Tank Car Co. donated this car to the Galveston Island Railroad Museum in 1983.

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