SSW 84809-84908		7-8/1973

		Golden West numbers:	CRLE 830050-830062
					CRLE 830064-830066
					CRLE 830068-830085

These 89'-0" flat cars were built by Bethlehem Steel Corp. as flush-deck flats in 7-8/1973. They featured W&K tri-level auto racks as built. Mesh screening was added at some point to protect the cargo from vandalism. They were probably added with the racks, but this has not been confirmed.

At least one car (probably more) was de-racked and placed into other service as evidenced by the following image. It also provides evidence of build date as 7/1979. However, spot checks of ORER's in the 1970's reveals that the entire 100 car group was in the ORER in 1975. So the plot (or gumbo) thickens! It could be that the car was mis-labeled at some point in time. It could also be that the entire group was retired and a second hand car or some other SSW car (or cars) was/were placed in this abandoned series. Much more research is required!

Photo by: Ryan Wilkerson

SSW:

Back to Flat Car Page

Back to Main Page