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[edwardsutorik]

MILW 92425-92449 contained 25 cars in the April 1968 ORER and 10 in the May 1983 ORER.

MILW 92450-92499 contained 49 cars in the April 1968 ORER and 13 in the May 1983 ORER.

The second series had 3-part removable roofs, likely in steel service.


So, we have a percentage of series remaining in service at 17 years of:

40% for the first MILW series (series empty the next year)
27% for the second MILW series (series empty the next year)
87% for the GN series (series not empty the next year)

I have the impression that MILW had problems with these cars.

It's hard to believe anyone would have been interested in buying these cars (due to being "divested") with such a bad failure rate.



Ed

[cemr5396]

they probably went to the torch, then.

[hudsonyard]

oldest piece of MOW equipment i've seen was a flat car at allen junction on the DMIR with a build date of 1914

at last check the LIRR had a few ex-PLE gons in MOW service, they may be all retired by now.

[stefano1]

Re: Milwaukee covered gons 92450 – 92499
According to the Milwaukee Color Guide these are ex composite gons built in 1937
rebuilt by Milwaukee Road in 1960 with new ends and sides to which they added 3-piece covers in 1962.
They have 11 ribs/12 side panels and look like 92445
(which isn' t part of mentioned series, strange).