The ORER can help identify candidates, but you still need a photo or 
drawing to see if the rib count or ends match the model. The NEB&W  
Freight Car Guide says there were 2233 low side 40 ft gons in ACL 
series 90950 to 93199 as of 1949, all built in 1926. Unfortunately, 
they have nine ribs per side, while the Rex gon has 12, so they are 
stand-ins at best. A photo and drawing are in Trainshed Cyclpedia No 
46 (reprinted from the 1931 CBC).

HO resin car maker Westerfield sells a range of ORERs from the 19th 
century well into the 20th on CD-ROM.

Pieter Roos


--- In [email protected], T Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It would be interesting to sift through the ORERs for appropriate 
years 
> to look for ACL gons of the REX dimensions to find out the number 
> series. and when they were in service.  Got a suggestion for what 
years 
> to check?
> 
> Rollain Mercier wrote:
> 
> > and he notes -
> >
> > Atlantic Coast Line had a number of these gondolas used in Potash 
> > service.  I remember that they were a dead ringer for Rex's gons.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ted Larson
> Organ donation is a no-brainer
> http://www.organdonor.gov/





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