ACFX ADMX AESX AFPX AGPX AMPX CCBX CCLX CELX CGTX CORX CRGX CWCX DBCX DMIX DOWX
DUPX EAGX GATX GLNX HOKX HPLX ITDX JMHX MGSX NATX OLNX PGTX PLEX PPGX PPNX PPTX PROX
RPBX RTMX SBLX SCMX SHPX TASX TCDX TCPX TGAX TGIX TGOX TILX TIMX TMIX UTLX WACX WAGX
Private Owner Tank Cars Index Contemporary Freight Cars Index Photo Index

Coors Beer Tank Cars

CORX is the reporting mark for Coors Brewing Company. These tanks cars are used to transport wort (beer concentrate) from their Golden, Colorado plant to their East Coast plant in Harrisonburg, Virginia. These are T145, DOT 115A60W6 tank cars.

Coors purchased these tank cars in four groups:
CORX Series No. of
Cars
Build Dates
5001-5132 131 9-86 though 4-87
5133-5262 129 at least 5-90 through at least 03-91 (5134 was 5-90; 5261 was 3-91)
5263-5282 20 02-00 through 04-00
5283-5318 36 11-2000 through 05-2001

CORX 5015
CORX 5015 CORX 5015 CORX 5015 at Wabun, VA on 26 August 1998.

CORX 5057
CORX 5057 CORX 5057 at Wabun, VA on 11 June 2001.

CORX 5065
CORX 5065 CORX 5065 at Montgomery, VA on 18 June 2001.

CORX 5072
CORX 5072 CORX 5072 at Wabun, VA on 26 August 1998.

CORX 5086
CORX 5086 CORX 5086 passing through Wabun, VA on 11 June 2001.

CORX 5090
CORX 5090 CORX 5090, in a westbound freight in Montgomery, VA January 22, 2000.

CORX 5198
CORX 5198 CORX 5198, in a westbound freight in Pulaksi, VA April 9, 2000.

CORX 5285
CORX 5285 CORX 5285 in an eastbound freight near Elliston, VA on 11 June 2001.

CORX 5305
CORX 5305 CORX 5305 at Montgomery, VA on 18 June 2001. Built 03-01.

Detail shots on an unidentifed car
top detail A closeup shot of the top 'dome'. The box reads "CAUTION - COVER MUST BE LOCKED WHEN CAR IS IN TRANSIT". See the original full size image (1600 x 1200, 550 Kilobytes) if you want to read it for yourself.
bottom detail A closeup shot of the bottom outlets. Each of the three outlet boxes reads "CAUTION - COVER MUST BE LOCKED WHEN CAR IS IN TRANSIT". See the original full size image (1600 x 1200, 550 Kilobytes) if you want to read it for yourself.
A close-up shot of the lettering detail on the right-hand side of the car.

ACFX ADMX AESX AFPX AGPX AMPX CCBX CCLX CELX CGTX CORX CRGX CWCX DBCX DMIX DOWX
DUPX EAGX GATX GLNX HOKX HPLX ITDX JMHX MGSX NATX OLNX PGTX PLEX PPGX PPNX PPTX PROX
RPBX RTMX SBLX SCMX SHPX TASX TCDX TCPX TGAX TGIX TGOX TILX TIMX TMIX UTLX WACX WAGX
Private Owner Tank Cars Index Contemporary Freight Cars Index Photo Index

Joe Shaw -- joeshaw@krunk.org
Last update: Wednesday, 19-Sep-2007 01:40:33 EDT