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8/16/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Southern
Type: Box Car
AAR Class: XP: Boxcar similar in design to "XM", but which is specially equipped, designed, and/or structurally suitable for a specific commodity loading; except, boxcars (XF, XM, XMI) dedicated to the transportation of commodities in paragraph A, Rule 97, AAR Interchange Rules, must be designated "XP".
AAR Type: A402
Detail Info:   Equipped Box Car, Inside Length: 49' to 59', cushion draft gear/underframe, Sliding door, opening between 9 and 11 feet
Plate:   C
Builder:   Pullman-Standard
Max Gross Weight:   220000
Load Limit:   146600
Dry Capacity:   5219
Ext L/W/H:   60' 5" / 10' 8" / 15' 5"
Int L/W/H:   50' 6" / 9' 5" / 10' 11"
User Notes:   200,000th car built at Pullman-Standard Bessemer plant

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SOU 550555
Title:  SOU 550555
Description:  A bit dirty, Southern Railway 50-foot XL wears its original blue-yellow-and-green paint scheme which identified it as the 200,000th car built by Pullman-Standard at Bessemer, Alabama. The car was photographed on the Southern-Kansas City Southern interchange, just west of the KCS West Yard.
Photo Date:  7/19/1975  Upload Date: 12/7/2013 12:29:39 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  RollingStock
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SOU 550555
Title:  SOU 550555
Description:  Special Pullman-Standard logo on Southern Railway box car 550555.
Photo Date:  7/19/1975  Upload Date: 6/12/2014 6:15:41 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  587   Comments: 1
SOU 550555
Title:  SOU 550555
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Photo Date:  5/14/2011  Upload Date: 5/24/2011 8:10:01 PM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Gene Callan
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  478   Comments: 0
SOU 550555
Title:  SOU 550555
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/19/2014  Upload Date: 4/22/2014 2:09:59 PM
Location:  Allentown, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
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Views:  484   Comments: 1
SOU 550555
Title:  SOU 550555
Description:  North Carolina Transportation Museum
Photo Date:  5/4/2017  Upload Date: 5/8/2017 8:57:57 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Bob Keenan
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Views:  211   Comments: 0
SOU 550555    200,000th PS Car
Title:  SOU 550555 200,000th PS Car
Description:  Recently refurbished SOU/NS boxcar by the NCTM in Spencer , NC. this was the 200,000th car built by PS at their Bessemer, AL. plant. Car was donated to the NCTM by NS.
Photo Date:  8/25/2018  Upload Date: 8/30/2020 8:15:38 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Robert Richardson
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  352   Comments: 0
SOU 550555
Title:  SOU 550555
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Photo Date:  10/17/2019  Upload Date: 10/27/2019 10:10:13 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  236   Comments: 0
SOU 550555
Title:  SOU 550555
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Photo Date:  10/17/2019  Upload Date: 10/27/2019 10:19:46 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  310   Comments: 0


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