Ann Arbor Railroad 1100 - 1149 series Box cars

Ann Arbor Railroad 1100 - 1149 series Box cars

Originally Wabash series 23000-24000, consisting of two groups of similar cars built in 1922 and 1923. Cars 23000-23749 were built in January by ACF [American Car and Foundry]. Cars 23750-24499 were built by Pullman Car Company. They were originally double sheathed automobile boxcars with ten foot door opening, with a six foot and a four foot door to the left. 1929 - 500 cars were convered from the 23000-24499 series to single door class XM and renumbered to Wabash 81000-81499 series. In 1934 another group of the 23000 series with steel sides, Murphy paneled roof, and six foot Youngstown steel door, retaining Murphy ends and Vulcan trucks. These cars were Numbered into the Wbash 82000-82512 series. From 1946 through 1950 random cars in the Wabash 82000-82512 series were equipped with engine racks. These cars were re-numbered into the 82513-82513, 82850-82999, and 81900-81999 series. Cars not receiving engine racks remained in the 82000-82512 series. Engine racks were mostly removed by mid 1950's and returned to general service cars. The Ann Arbor purchased 50 cars from the above series on 6/15/1954, none having engine racks.

AAR
Class

Inside

Outside

Doors

Cubic

feet

Pounds or Gallons

# of

Length

Width

Height

Length

Width

Height from rail

Side

At eaves

Extreme

To extrme width

To Eaves

Running board

Extreme height

Width

Height

40' 6"

8' 9"

9' 2"

42' 1"

8' 8"

10'

12' 3"

13'

13' 7"

13' 8"

8' 6"

3254

80,000

Wabash boxcars sold to the Ann Arbor 6/15/1954 to become Ann Arbor 1100-1149 series
Info furnished by Chef French

81939, 81949, 81968, 81970, 81972, 81983, 82512, 82513, 82522, 82527, 82530, 82533, 82539, 82545, 82547, 82548, 82554, 82557, 82558, 82560, 82561, 82565, 82566, 82568, 82569, 82571, 82573, 82579, 82580, 82581, 82584, 82586, 82587, 82855, 82859, 82862, 82865, 82877, 82884, 82889, 82891, 82896, 82898, 82904, 82910, 82911, 82914, 82926, 82939, 82944

Year	Number reported	Comment
1955	50	First year - 'Authorized for Expense' item purchase 50 cars 2/11/1955 from Wabash RR
1956	50
1957	50
1958	50
1959	50
1960	48
1961	48	Sold 1100, 1103, 1107, 1112, 1114, 1116, 1132, 1139, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1148 to Luvia Brothers Retired 15 - 1100 series boxcars and convert them to work equipment cars to be numbered 4619 - 4633; 1105 to 4619 [4-27-61], 1109 to 4620 [5-12-61], 1111 to 4621 [5-5-61], 1118 to 4621 [5-5-61], 1119 to 4623 [4-27-61], 1120 to 4624 [4-27-61], 1122 to 4625 [5-29-61], 1123 to 4626 [5-5-61], 1124 to 4627 [5-5-61], 1126 to 4628 [5-5-61], 1127 to 4629 [5-5-61], 1129 to 4630 [4-27-61], 1135 to 4631 [5-12-61], 1137 to 4632 [5-12-61], 1138 to 4633 [5-12-61] Retire 15 - 1100 series boxcars and convet them to company service cars to be numbered X4634 to X4648 completed 12-6-61; 1102 to X4645 [11-29-61], 1104 to X4637 [11-17-61], 1108 to X4644 [11-29-61], 1110 to X4647 [12-5-61], 1113 to X4635 [11-17-61], 1121 to X4643 [11-29-61], 1125 to X4648 [12-4-61], 1128 to X4646 [11-30-61], 1130 to X4634 [12-6-61], 1131 to X4641 [11-22-61], 1133 to X4642 [11-22-61], 1134 to X4636 [12-4-61], 1141 to X4640 [11-29-61], 1147 to X4638 [11-17-61], 1149 to X4639 [11-28-61]
1962	18	Retired - sold to Wabash 6-18-62; 1106, 1117, 1146
1963	0	None reported

The car count from 'THE OFFICIAL RAILWAY EQUIPMENT REGISTER'
Car history from company records and Article by Rob Adams in the 'Double AA' Fall 1993, pages 11 - 14 with photographs on other pages.
See M of W roster for additional info. M of W

Henry F. Burger May 30, 2007