Don't know if this is officially abandoned, but doubt their sending anything for it......

Remember seeing this last year on the way to the U.P. History Conference at Iron Mountain. There are two flats with it, which both look like cut down versions of box cars. This is on the Escanaba & Lake Superior's original Wells-Channing line, now pretty weed-choked, but intact (but not long for this world, me-thinks):

Here is some data from the execellent website:

http://www.greenbayroute.com

GBW 2500 to 2699 (200 cars)
ORER description: Box, Plug Doors & DF-2 Belt Rails AAR Mech. Designation: XL
Dimensions: 50'-6" IL x 9'-4" IW x 10'-6" IH Capacity: 4955 cu. ft.; 110000 lbs
Doors: 10'-0" W x 9'-10" H
Comments:
ORER car totals
& dates: 0 (1/67); 199 (4/69); 199 (1/70); 198 (4/71); 197 (1/72); 197 (4/72); 195 (4/73); 195 (1/74); 191 (4/75); 191 (1/76); 187 (1/77); 183 (7/78); 181 (1/79); 178 (1/80); 176 (1/81); 0 (1/82);

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So - not the rarest piece of equipment, however there any Green Bay Western steel boxcars in preservation yet.

Tom Cornillie