50' Rib Side Box Car mit Single Door und ohne Laufsteg.

Wabash Valley

Betriebsnummer WVRG 8161

PER DIEM SERIES #3

This 50’ rib side box car with single door and no roofwalk is yellow with red and white logo and black lettering
and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Wabash Valley RR was a short line that operated in southern Illinois and
parts of Kansas for only 5 years on former PRR track. In order to compete with area railroads, the WVR bought into
the Per Diem program and was able to upgrade their small fleet with modern equipment.

Baltimore & Ohio®
Road Number 289250

These 50’ standard box cars with double doors are painted Iron Sesqui-Oxide with white lettering
and run on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1957 as part of series 289175-289251, these cars were
modified to be used with belt loaders by their Washington, Indiana shops in the early 1960s.

50' Rib Side Box Car mit Single Door und ohne Laufsteg.

Sabine River & Northern

Betriebsnummer SRN 5149

WERKSEITIG AUSVERKAUFT (12.2017)

PER DIEM SERIES #5

This 50’ rib side box car with single door and no roofwalk is red with white lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. The Sabine River & Northern Railroad began in 1965 providing freight services for industries between Lemonville and Lake Charles, Texas. SRN owns 40 miles of track that services businesses that provide wood products and shipping from the coast. They are currently owned by International Paper company and interchange with both the UP and BNSF railroads at the north end of their line.

Berlin Mills
Road Number BMS 435

PER DIEM SERIES #6

OOP !!

This 50’ rib side box with single door and no roofwalk is painted light green with white lettering and runs
on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Berlin Mills Railway provided switching and transport between two mills located
in Berlin and Cascade, New Hampshire. The light green box cars could be found working interchange with GT,
StL&A and BM during the 1980s.

Savannah State Docks
Road Number SSDK 1004

PER DIEM SERIES #7

OOP

This 50’ rib side box car with single door and no roofwalk is light blue with white lettering and runs on Barber
Roller Bearing trucks. The Savannah State Docks Railroad was a switching road owned by the Georgia Ports
Authority, operating as much as 25 miles of track connecting mainline railroads and dock facilities in Savannah,
Georgia and participated in the Per Diem program in the 1970’s to upgrade their fleet with modern freight cars.

50' Rib Side Box Car mit Single Door und ohne Laufsteg.

Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion

Betriebsnummer LEF 1004

WERKSEITIG AUSVERKAUFT 2017-07

PER DIEM SERIES #8

This 50’ rib side box car with single door and no roofwalk is yellow with black lettering and runs on Barber
Roller Bearing trucks. The Lake Erie, Franklin, and Clarion Railroad was a fifteen mile long short line that
interchanged with Conrail at Summerville, Pennsylvania to Clarion, Pennsylvania. The road was incorporated in
1913. The LEF&C participated in the Per Diem program during the 1970s to acquire modern cars to better serve
their customers.

Green Mountain
Road Number GMRC 0629
PER DIEM SERIES #9

OOP!

This 50’ rib side box car with single door and no roofwalk is is red-orange with black lettering and runs on
Barber Roller Bearing trucks. In 1975, FMC launched a 5,077 cubic foot box car for IPD service, and Green Mountain
Railroad began leasing these to larger railroads. To encourage the return of the boxcars, short line railroads,
like Green Mountain, could charge a per diem, or daily fee, until the cars were returned.

Bath & Hammondsport
Road Number BH 25105
PER DIEM SERIES #10

OOP!

This 50’ rib side box car with single door and no roofwalk is maroon with white door and lettering, and
runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Leased to the B&H Railroad by Intel Rail, the car sports the tippedchampagne
glass logo, symbolically toasting the public as it passes by. Just a nine-mile shortline serving
the vineyards and wineries of the Hammondsport, New York area, it is easy to see where the slogan “The
Champagne Trail” originates.

Pennsylvania RR
Betriebsnummer 83052

These 50’ standard box cars with single door are tuscan red with white lettering and run on Barber Roller
Bearing trucks. Built in 1958, these box cars were the first to carry the new “Shadow Keystone” scheme.
They were equipped with specialized racks to secure auto parts such as radiators, axels, and engines.

50 Fuß Boxcar mit isolierten Türen (Plug Doors).

Western Pacific

Betriebsnummer #55906

These 50’ standard box cars with plug doors are brown with silver feather and lettering and run on
Bettendorf trucks. Western Pacific was a Class I railroad in the United States and was formed in 1903 to attempt to break up the near-monopoly held by Southern Pacific in the California region.