NATX 38026 • John Eagan • PC • Horseshoe Curve, PA • 26 May 1972

55 CARS • 6 AXLES • AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES TRUCKS

North American Car Co., 1967

122,000 pounds Light Weight

272,000 pounds Load Limit

394,000 pounds Gross Weight

38,900 gallons

AAR Class : T649 (steel, pressure, non-insulated, spec 114-A-340)

Specification No. : ICC 114-A-340-W

Plate C

Built for North American Car Co.

Initially leased to Tenneco for Methyl Chloride Service

Listed in Official Railway Equipment Register : OCT 67-APR 91 (see text)

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ORER SUMMARY
55	•	Oct 67-Apr 69
54	•	Jul 69-Jan 83
41	•	Apr 83-Jan 85
40	•	Apr 85-Oct 86
39	•	Jan 87
39	•	Apr 87
37	•	Jul 87
36	•	Oct 87-Jan 88
35	•	Apr 88-Jul 88
29	•	Oct 88-Jan 89
28	•	Apr 89
01	•	Jul 89-Apr 91

These cars carried a distinctive box on top of their tank near each end, and initially wore prominent Tenneco lettering and emblems. 

Beginning in the APR 1987 ORER – as indicated by the orange stripe on the SUMMARY table – the 39 cars remaining in this series were listed as having a capacity of 138,000 pounds instead of 270-272,000; but they were still shown with their original AAR class of T649.  The "9" meant that they held at least 31,500 gallons.  This lower capacity was almost certainly an error, but the cars were listed like this until the last one was removed in JUL 1991.  Notice how the quantity decreased from 28 to one in JUL 89, and then the last car was listed all by itself for almost two years. 

Later in life, at least some of these cars were used to transport amonia for Valley Nitrogen Producers (later J.R. Simplot) and several of them ended up at industries around California after the were retired.  At least one car from from this group, the 38032, survived into the 21st Century at Bakersfield, CA; although it was remarked JFSX sometime between late 2008 and late 2010.  Lettering on the car showed that it was built in August 1967 and last inspected on 2-12-76.

NATX
NATX 38026	John Eagan	PC - Horshoe Curve, PA - 26 May 1972
NATX 38032	Eric Dillinger	Bakersfield, CA - 16 November 2006
NATX 38032	Bill Klope	Bakersfield, CA - 27 August 2008
NATX 38032	Bill Klope	detail - same as above
NATX 38032	Bill Klope	detail - same as above
NATX 38032	Bill Klope	detail - same as above
NATX 38032	Bill Klope	detail - same as above
JFSX
JFSX 38032	David Joslin	Bakersfield, CA - 25 November 2010
JFSX 38032	David Joslin	same as above
JFSX 38032	David Joslin	same as above

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