Because of info given me in a previous post, I became interested in what happened to the CP 520029, a container flatcar that the "SHANNONVILLE" was converted into in June of 1965.

http://rypn.sunserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21209

Anyone know if this car still exists in any form - or rides the rails?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Margaret

I'm sure it's long gone. At the time of its conversion in 1965 it was already thirty five years old, which means it would have run afoul of the ban on fifty year old cars in interchange service in 1980. Even if it survived in non-interchange service (anything is possible) in 1965 it was converted to a container FLAT car, so the only thing left would be the frame and trucks.

SIlly me - I forgot to add 40 or 50 years to her original build date!

I wonder: since we now no longer manufacture large metal castings for anything here in the USA, would the trucks and/or the frame have still survived to 2006? Or would they have been scrapped? <sigh.....> The trucks wuold be valuable now because of that sad fact.

Margaret

It would have had Pullman or Commonwealth style 6 wheel heavyweight passenger car trucks, and was probably converted for mail service on passenger trains. When this service ended in the 1970's, there would be almost no use for such a car except for non-interchange work train service.

By the way, cast steel truck frames are still being made in the U.S. by Columbus Steel Castings and at least one other company. If you have a small fortune for a pattern, I am sure that you can have anything cast in most metals here in the U.S.A. (Malleable iron may be an exception).