Cars for sale in Oklahoma/California

bobyar2001 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:57 am

Old and mostly wood boxcar body. Possibly ex-CB&Q.

http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=453462

Heavyweight ex-CB&Q Pullman, apparently part of the Kepner collection

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2272770068

Gary Gray · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:35 am

Bob, I don't claim to be an expert on them, but the wooden boxcar appears to be one of the US Army boxcars built for export to Europe during WWII. Note the round roof, and lack of roof ladders, etc. Since this is a gov't auction, and a bunch of them ended up at various military bases, I think this is a strong possibility. Back in the 1970's, the Alleghany Central tourist RR in Covington, Va. had several of them from FT. Eustis that were converted to open air cars

chooch982 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:16 pm

That is the same boxcar I posted about about a month or so back on the final days of its bidding. Apparently there weren't enough bidders for it and is still for sale!

Dennis Storzek · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:37 pm

Cool. Note the nine foot width, just the ticket for the CHS to turn into their first new passenger car for the Georgetown Loop :(

brianf · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2004 1:21 am

The government auction also includes several tank cars (most appear to be on friction bearing trucks) located in Portsmouth VA, and one flat car with a light duty crane (on friction bearing trucks) in IN.

I don't know much about tank cars. Since they are all USN (Navy) property, I'm taking a wild guess they were used for transporting fuel oil.

Tom Cornillie · **Posted:** Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:56 am

The Defense Utilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) site http://www.drms.dla.mil has different listings than the aforementioned govliquidations.com site. There is one locomotive and two "railway car maint" at Camp Lejeune. Below are the disposal turn in document numbers and FSC numbers

FSC 2230 Item Description:Right-of-Way Construction and Maintenance Equipment, Railroad Description Details:

Includes Rail Laying, Joining and Shifting Equipment; Self-propelled and Car Mounted Cranes.

Excludes Hand Tools (FSG 51).

Disposal turn in document numbers:

M9305242430003
M9305242430002

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FSC 2210 Item Description: Locomotives
Description Details: Note-This class includes only complete locomotives and tenders. End items, assemblies, parts, attachments, or accessories for use in or on locomotives and tenders are classified in classes other than this class.

Excludes Self-Propelled Cars.

Disposal turn in document numbers:

M9305241830053

The DRMO site can be searched through:

http://www.drms.dla.mil/htbin/fscsearch.pl