BM B&M/MEC X29?

daniel_leavitt2000 Jun 23, 2007

  1. daniel_leavitt2000

    daniel_leavitt2000 TrainBoard Member

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    Did the BM or MEC ever roster a car that looked like the PRR X29? I was told it either inherited or built copies of the ubiquitus PRR boxcar.
     
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    Cool... any pictures?
     
    daniel_leavitt2000, Jun 24, 2007
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    From the Northern New England Color Guide (Morning Sun), page 5:

    "Best known, by railfans, of any B&M equipment were the 71000 and 72000 XM-1 boxcars. These 1924 ARA Standard boxcars were part of a 2000-car order delivered by Standard Steel Car Co. in 1929-1930. Included in the order were 25 all steel cars, similar in appearance to Pennsy's well-known X-29... the all steel cars were lettered for B&M's subsidiary, Mystic Terminal Company... [and] were retired by 1960."

    A photo of a well worn MTC 71099 circa 1960 is on page 27.
     
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