Photo by: Lee A. Gautreaux - Schriever, LA - November 22, 2011

59 CARS · 6 AXLES · BUCKEYE TRUCKS

General American Transportation, June-December 1968

98,000 pounds Light Weight

296,000 pounds Load Limit

394,000 pounds Gross Weight

35,400 gallons

Built for Celtran, Inc., a subsidiary of the Celanese Corp.

Initially used for Acetic Acid and Acetic�Anhydride service.

Listed in Official Railway Equipment Register : APR 1968-? (see below)

These cars, as well as CELX 10400-10438, have aluminum tanks and are the only RailWhales with steel centersills.  All 59 cars in this series were in service for 40 years and were certified for continued operation until they were 50.  These two groups of CELX cars are the only RailWhales in unrestricted interchange service in 2013.

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CELX group	Lee A. Gautreaux	Schriever, LA; 11/22/2011
CELX 6404	Lee A. Gautreaux	Schriever, LA; 11/22/2011
CELX 6407	Jim Kinkaid
CELX 6416	Lee A. Gautreaux	Schriever, LA; 11/22/2011
CELX 6416	Lee A. Gautreaux	Schriever, LA; 11/22/2011
CELX 6420	Joe Shaw
CELX 6425	Lee A. Gautreaux	Morgan City, LA
CELX 6429	Chris Palmieri	New Orleans, LA; 09/16/1994
CELX 6430	A. Lanier
CELX 6430	Tony Sissons	Charlotte, NC; 10/27/2000
CELX 6430	Tony Sissons	Charlotte, NC; 10/27/2000
CELX 6434	Lee A. Gautreaux	Schriever, LA; 11/22/2011
CELX 6434	Lee A. Gautreaux	Schriever, LA; 11/22/2011
CELX 6440	Michael Palmieri	New Orleans, LA; 10/07/1978
CELX 6443	Tony Sissons	Charlotte, NC; 05/14/2001
CELX 6443	Tony Sissons	Charlotte, NC; 01/18/2001
CELX 6448	A. Lanier
CELX 6451	Michael Palmieri	New Orleans, LA; 09/30/1978
CELX 6453	Tony Sissons	Charlotte, NC; 05/14/2001
CELX 6457	Brian Ehni

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