Compare and contrast KO&G

[princessclyne69]

You’d think I should know this, but offhand I don’t.

See these two listings on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265280517949?hash=item3dc3f3773d:g:O5YAAOSwQzVg7kFa

https://www.ebay.com/itm/293928415894?hash=item446f7fb296:g:yIAAAOSweIlZZZId

Nate Obermeyer had a post of a restenciled and painted out KO&G car, one of these, within the last couple of months, but for the life of me I can’t find it now. I believe I even commented on it. These insulated boxcars were KO&G 30009-30013, renumbered to KOG 780162-780165 (30013 was wrecked). These cars were painted blue on delivery. At least one ended up painted aluminum, as the one in the photo that Nate turned up. Can someone either point me to that photo, or reprise the discussion?

RG7

[madonnasuffolk30]

Ron,

Attached are the both sides of the car in question. Also another car from the series that was repainted.

Nate

[princessclyne69]

Thanks for the reply. I’d realized that the comments I recalled were part of an email exchange between Nate and I.

Here’s the MP diagram, drawn in 1966 after the merger. [attachment=0:6qve8yft]MP 4-1976 FRT CAR DGMS_Page_396.jpg[/attachment:6qve8yft]

A curious fact is that the cars were stenciled as RB (refrigerator, bunkerless) and are listed as RB in the MoPac SoE. Yet, they have belt rails and door bars according to the MP diagram, and the diagram calls them RBL (refrigerator, bunkerless, with loaders). A discussion on one of the groups.io forums a few weeks ago listed the minimum thickness of insulation that would qualify a car as RB(L) rather than just an XMI, and that they would earn a higher per diem when so equipped.

Another interesting discrepancy is that the diagram says the cars have roller bearing trucks, while all the photos taken several years later show solid bearing ASF A-3 trucks.

Now, bigger question. These five cars evidently were painted blue when built, or at least a couple of them were. I believe there were a few other KO&G boxcars (there only ever were just a few, of any type) that were painted aluminum. The relettered car in the photos above is probably painted aluminum, as near as I can tell, and the paintouts on the car sides are probably white or gray. So the question is, were some or all of these five, later four, cars repainted aluminum with black ends?

RG7

[princessclyne69]

[attachment=0:1dinqr6v]MP 4-1976 FRT CAR DGMS_Page_396.jpg[/attachment:1dinqr6v]

[madonnasuffolk30]

Additional photo links to KOG silver box cars – and a ton of other KOG information.

https://condrenrails.com/FSVB/Midland%20Valley/Freight-Cars.htm

Nate

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