75 CARS • 6 AXLES • AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES TRUCKS

General American Transportation Co., October-December 1967

128,000 pounds Light Weight

266,000 pounds Load Limit

394,000 pounds Gross Weight

AAR Class : T109 (welded steel tank)

Specification : ICC 111-A-100-W-1

Plate C

Built for E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Co., Inc.

Listed in Official Railway Equipment Register : APR 1967-JAN 1974

This was one of the most interesting series of RailWhales, and the shortest-lived.  They were DuPont's first 6-axle tank cars and the only ones with ASF trucks.  In 1974 General American remanufactured the 72 remaing cars using the center eight sections of the original tank with new cradles, ends, stub sills and 4-wheel trucks.  The rebuilt cars had a capacity of 26,200 gallons and a Load Limit of 184,000 pounds, and retained their original numbers.

Seventy of these 4-axle cars were sold to Invista in 2006 and received INVX reporting marks.  After this sale, only three DUPX cars remained, with the last one surviving into 2010.

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