B-70-84 Box Cars:

 

	SP 247915-248614		(to SP 253000-253134 by UP 5/1998-3/1999)

		Golden West numbers:	GVSR 784000-784087
					GVSR 784200-784211
					GVSR 784217-784229

These 52'-8" box cars were built by PS (Lot 1023) in 8=10/1979. They featured 8'+8' Youngstown sliding doors, non-terminating ends, Freight Master cushioning and 5574 ft3 capacity.

They were distinctive among SP's large fleet of similar box cars due to their wider rib spacing compared to earlier cars. They were the last 70-ton box cars delivered new to the SP.

Some of these cars were rebuilt and renumbered as part of the Golden West Service program. Later, they were renumbered and repainted into the UP's simplified shield scheme. They retained their SP reporting marks, but were given new numbers in the SP 253000 series by UP.

 

Photo from: Jim Kinkaid Collection - Pullman-Standard Builder's Photo

 

SP:

SP 247917

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 12/27/2012

SP 247925

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 4/2002

SP 247967

Rob Sarberenyi

Fremont, CA; 2006

SP 247983

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 02/28/2009

SP 248003

Lee A. Gautreaux

 

SP 248039

Rob Sarberenyi

Mojave, CA; 5/2004

SP 248090

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 05/13/2012

SP 248103

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 4/2001

SP 248134

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 04/28/2013

SP 248140

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 07/09/2006

SP 248180

Rob Sarberenyi

Roseville, CA; 4/2001

SP 248184

Chris Butts

 

SP 248199

Warren Calloway

Hamlet, NC; 12/2003

SP 248202

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 4/2002

SP 248202

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 4/2002

SP 248202

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 4/2002

SP 248206

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 09/29/2013

SP 248220

Steve Vincent

Claypool, AZ; 06/18/2017

SP 248229

Jim Kinkaid Collection

PS Builder's Photo

SP 248239

Patrick Harris

Chattanooga, TN; 10/12/2015

SP 248270

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 5/2001

SP 248274

Richard Barnes

 

SP 248399

Jerry Sires

Avondale, LA; 06/02/2003

SP 248479

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 11/2002

SP 248521

John Albert

Mars, PA; 07/29/2015

SP 248593

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 04/28/2013

 

Golden West Service - GVSR:

GVSR 784059

Craig Walker

Sandcut, CA; 11/06/1996

GVSR 784059

Lee A. Gautreaux

Lake Charles, LA; 02/19/2004

GVSR 784219

Stephen Sebesta

Hearne, TX; 8/2002

GVSR 784220

David Olsen

Hamlet, NC; 08/23/2003

 

Re-numbered by UP:

SP 253007

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 03/25/2012

SP 253029

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 08/10/2014

SP 253030

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 09/07/2014

SP 253040

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 08/10/2014

SP 253103

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 03/25/2012

SP 253128

Rob Sarberenyi

Newark, CA; 04/15/2012

 

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