Freight Cars
Pullman-Standard 1957
Chicago Great Western 5643
Chicago Great Western 5643
Description: | XM Box Car PS-1 |
Equipment Information
CGW 5643 is an all-steel PS-1 type boxcar built for general freight service. The PS-1 was one of the most successful boxcar designs ever, with Pullman-Standard building more than 77,000 largely identical boxcars of this type in the 1940s and 1950s.
Builder: Pullman-Standard
Year Built: 1957
Length: 44ft 2in
Width: 10ft 4in
Height: 15ft
Weight: 46300 lbs
Brakes: AB
Trucks: Barber S2A
Description: Box Car PS-1
Arrived: 1990
Condition: Complete / unrestored / not operational
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