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8/17/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: New York Central
Type: Box Car
AAR Class: XL: Loader Equipped. Box car similar in design to "XM", with steel perforated side walls or equipped with interior side rails for securement of certain types of lading and/or permanently attached movable bulkheads.
AAR Type: A633
Detail Info:   Equipped Box Car, Inside Length: 69' to 79', cushion draft gear/underframe, Sliding door, opening greater than 11 feet
Plate:   E
User Notes:   In MOW - Storage Service. Conrail paint.

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NYC 270246
Title:  NYC 270246
Description:  K427 through Sand Patch. Looks like this might have been a helper yard at one time? /DL
Photo Date:  4/10/2010  Upload Date: 4/16/2010 9:36:47 PM
Location:  Sand Patch, PA
Author:  David Larrabee
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Station,Signal,Track,Action
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Views:  205   Comments: 1
X582-05
Title:  X582-05
Description:  118 cars Willard can't handle crest the Alleghenies on the way to Cumberland
Photo Date:  3/6/2011  Upload Date: 10/29/2011 5:06:06 PM
Location:  Sand Patch, PA
Author:  Gregory L. Smith
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5368(ES44DC) CSX 5244(ES44DC) CSX 5457(ES44DC)
Views:  224   Comments: 1
NYC 279246
Title:  NYC 279246
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/16/2011  Upload Date: 6/12/2012 10:08:40 PM
Location:  Sand Patch, PA
Author:  Austin MacDougall
Categories: 
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Views:  114   Comments: 1
nyc boxcar
Title:  nyc boxcar
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/22/2011  Upload Date: 5/15/2011 7:20:27 PM
Location:  Sand Patch, PA
Author:  J d
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  153   Comments: 0
NYC 279246
Title:  NYC 279246
Description:  The boxcar famous for where it is located. Sand Patch, on the CSX Keystone Subdivision. It is used for storage and doesnt move. Former Penn Central and PRR, built in September 1966.
Photo Date:  6/3/2011  Upload Date: 6/3/2011 11:47:53 PM
Location:  Sand Patch, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  316   Comments: 0
NYC 279246
Title:  NYC 279246
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/26/2012  Upload Date: 6/28/2012 4:39:38 PM
Location:  , PA
Author:  lukas fols
Categories: 
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Views:  142   Comments: 0
NYC 279246
Title:  NYC 279246
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2014  Upload Date: 9/3/2020 9:13:49 PM
Location:  Sand Patch, PA
Author:  Austin MacDougall
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  24   Comments: 0
NYC 279246
Title:  NYC 279246
Description:  989B.
Photo Date:  9/6/2015  Upload Date: 3/30/2016 7:10:42 PM
Location:  Sand Patch, PA
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories: 
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Views:  60   Comments: 0
Mainline and Sidelined
Title:  Mainline and Sidelined
Description:  CSX Q226 passes an old Conrail box used for storage
Photo Date:  7/2/2016  Upload Date: 7/8/2016 11:39:47 PM
Location:  Sand Patch, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 846(ES44AC-H) CSX 431(AC44CW)
Views:  252   Comments: 1
At the Top
Title:  At the Top
Description:  CSX Q394 has reached the end of the Sand Patch grade and will start its decent down the mountain
Photo Date:  7/3/2016  Upload Date: 7/9/2016 11:17:59 AM
Location:  Sand Patch, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 970(ES44AC-H) CSX 7849(C40-8W) CSX 5349(ES40DC)
Views:  178   Comments: 2
CSX 4234 and 8610 (3)
Title:  CSX 4234 and 8610 (3)
Description:  SD40-3 and SD50-2 combination pulling hard and very well on freight train Q394-10, at the classic railfanning location of Sand Patch in Somerset County, PA. Conveniently the train was running on Track 1 which made for a better photograph. CSX 4234 was recently rebuilt and is a former Conrail.
Photo Date:  10/11/2016  Upload Date: 10/12/2016 10:07:37 PM
Location:  Sand Patch, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 4234(SD40-3) CSX 8610(SD50-2)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
NYC 279246 (2)
Title:  NYC 279246 (2)
Description:  Long term fixture/landmark at the maintnenance-of-way yard in Sand Patch. It is starting to fade to pink on this south side that gets the most sun.
Photo Date:  10/11/2016  Upload Date: 10/12/2016 11:45:13 PM
Location:  Sand Patch, PA
Author:  Curt Beal
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  77   Comments: 0
CSX 7876 B246-15
Title:  CSX 7876 B246-15
Description:  B246 assists Q135's descent at 1733.
Photo Date:  10/15/2016  Upload Date: 10/17/2016 4:05:56 PM
Location:  Sand Patch, PA
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 7876(C40-8W) CSX 7736(C40-8W)
Views:  121   Comments: 0


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