40 foot boxcars

[scharnhorst]

Dose anyone know howmany 40 foot Bocars are still in active service on Canadian Pacific?? I have heard storys of them still being used here and there is there any truth to this??

[SooLineRob]

Scharnhorst,

If 40 footers are still "on the payroll", they're not being used in revenue service in the U.S. anyway. I recall seeing SOO/MILW 40'ers in "company material" service about 3+ years ago, but not recently. I recall some Canadian branch lines that weren't 286,000 gross railcar weight compliant were home to a dedicated "fleet" of 40' boxes, but that was a few years ago. I'll do a little research when time permits and reply.

SLR.

[umtrr-author]

The Official Railway Equipment Register for January 2006 - the newest one I have - shows eight boxcars with a 40 foot 6 inch inside length numbered from 50020 to 59505.

Those were the only ones I saw taking a very quick look through the listing.

Since that ORER is now almost 18 months old it's entirely possible that these cars are also gone.

[Will_S]

I might have seen a picture recently of a 40' box being used as on idler on an ammonia train. It is conceivable that it was actually a 50', given the angle, and I doubt I could locate the picture again.

[W.E.Coyote]

There's a few in service as icicle-breaker cars with roof mountings.