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The Material Handling Cars
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Mail Handling Cars were taken out of service on 2/11/03. The 1400-series
cars have been sold.
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1400-1479 built in 1986 by Thrall - reused old REA Express trucks Mail Handling Cars were embargoed and taken out of service on Feb 11, 2003, and will probably be scrapped. |
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1400 | Boston MA | Oct 29, 1999 | Dick Leonhardt |
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1408 | Springfield MA | 02/02/02 | |
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1461 | Raton
NM part of train #3 the Southwest Chief |
July 3, 1999 | Jim Hebner |
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1431 | Chicago IL | Oct 1999 | USATRANSCOM |
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1454 | Albuquerque
NM this interesting (tall) 3photo sequence shows how fancy of facility it takes to unload |
Patrick Glassco | |
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1468 | Springfield MA PHASE IV paint! |
02/02/02 | |
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1500-1569 built in 1988 by Thrall The 1500-series were restored to service on the NEC on |
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1509 | Chicago IL now used as a idler car |
May 12, 2006 | Dave Vawter |
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1513 | Birmingham AL | April 7, 2001 | Matt Nelson |
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1514 | Chicago IL | May 2, 1999 | Jim Hebner |
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1526 | Tuscon AZ | March 20, 1998 | Jim Hebner |
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1544 | Framingham MA | April 3, 1999 | Dick Leonhardt |
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1550 | Raton NM part of train #3 the Southwest Chief |
July 3, 1999 | Jim Hebner |
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1552 | Birmingham, AL in the The Crescent (train #19 - southbound) |
May 14, 2002 | Emanuel Neiconi |
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1558 | Weston MA | 1999 | Dick Leonhardt |
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1567 | Chicago IL | July 2002 | Jim Hebner |