| CB&Q MWX 208403 at Eola, Illinois on an unknown day in November 1981, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This car was one of 500 built around 1916 by American Car & Foundry as a class XA-6 automobile boxcar with a fishbelly center sill and a 10 foot door opening. It is stencilled: RETIRED 00299 880 and REAR END ONLY OR HEAD END PERMISSIVE ON LOCAL WAYFREIGHT. |