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11/7/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Southern
Type: Gondola
AAR Class: GBS: Specialty Open top car, having fixed sides, fixed or drop ends and solid bottom.
AAR Type: E534
Detail Info:   Equipped Gondola, Inside Length: 52-61ft, Capacity: Less than 3,000 cu ft *Light Density Service
Plate:   B
Max Gross Weight:   220000
Load Limit:   155800
Dry Capacity:   2244
Ext L/W/H:   58' 0" / 10' 8" / 8' 1"
Int L/W/H:   52' 6" / 9' 6" / 4' 6"
User Notes:   Load Limit: 155800

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SOU 65993
Title:  SOU 65993
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2008  Upload Date: 12/3/2008 7:41:46 PM
Location:  Milford Junction, IN
Author:  Joe Rogers
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  46   Comments: 0
SOU 65993
Title:  SOU 65993
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/30/2009  Upload Date: 9/7/2009 1:05:02 AM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Pat Huemmer
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  40   Comments: 0
SOU 65993
Title:  SOU 65993
Description:  Here is another spacer car in hot metal bottle trains.
Photo Date:  12/28/2013  Upload Date: 12/18/2014 5:59:56 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
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Views:  86   Comments: 0
SOU 65993
Title:  SOU 65993
Description:  Spacer gondola #5 in the hot metal bottle train
Photo Date:  9/26/2014  Upload Date: 6/8/2016 5:54:21 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  87   Comments: 0
SOU 65993
Title:  SOU 65993
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/1/2014  Upload Date: 11/29/2014 5:33:42 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Pat Huemmer
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  29   Comments: 0
SOU 65993
Title:  SOU 65993
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2016  Upload Date: 6/23/2016 6:08:24 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Seth Lakin
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  39   Comments: 0
SOU 65993 - spacer #7
Title:  SOU 65993 - spacer #7
Description:  The last car in the returning empty hot metal bottle train was SOU gondola #65993.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 5/8/2021 10:28:10 AM
Location:  Dolton Jct, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  77   Comments: 1
And the hot metal bottle train continues east . . .
Title:  And the hot metal bottle train continues east . . .
Description:  toward its home at the ArcelorMital steel plant in East Chicago, IN. This may be one of the very last places in the US to see these rare cars traveling outside of a steel plant. They are truly a rare sight to behold.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 5/8/2021 10:28:15 AM
Location:  Dolton Jct, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  68   Comments: 1
SOU 65993
Title:  SOU 65993
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2019  Upload Date: 4/6/2019 11:51:36 PM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Der Langsame
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  59   Comments: 0
SOU 65993
Title:  SOU 65993
Description:  11/9/21: NS BH16 - Indiana Harbor East Works (East Chicago, IN) - Riverdale Works (fomer Acme Steel) Molten Steel Loads
Photo Date:  11/9/2021  Upload Date: 11/9/2021 9:46:20 PM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  N. Carpenter
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  38   Comments: 0
SOU 65993 - rear spacer car
Title:  SOU 65993 - rear spacer car
Description:  Former Southern gondola #63993 acts as the rear spacer car for the five empty hot metal bottle car train on its way back to the ArcelorMittal plant in East Chicago, IN.
Photo Date:  2/26/2023  Upload Date: 2/28/2023 9:45:18 AM
Location:  Dolton, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
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Views:  44   Comments: 0


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