" ...And Justice For All. "
 NS:  N&W,  Southern,  Conrail,  PC,  Reading,  EL,  ITC  BNSF:  ATSF,  BN,  SLSF  CSXT:  B&O,  Chessie,  Seaboard,  SCL  KCS   TFM   FXE 
 UP:  C&NW,  MP,  WP,  D&RGW,  SP/SSW,  Golden West Service  CP:  SOO,  MILW  CN:  GTW,  DT&I,  D&TS,  WC,  IC,  CV,  DW&P  MRL   FEC 
Short Lines TTX / Railbox  Private Owner:  Tank Cars,  Open Hoppers/Gondolas,  Covered Hoppers,  Box Cars,  Flat Cars,  Circus Cars,  Locomotives,   Trailers  Amtrak 
Contemporary Freight Cars Index Photo Index Norfolk Southern's New River Districts

Golden West Service Freight Cars

Golden West Service was a partnership between Southern Pacific, Gunderson and The Greenbriar Lines to remanufacture thousands of freight cars, mostly if not all of Southern Pacific/SSW origin. The cars carry the reporting marks of a few short line railroads: Ventura County Railway (VCY), Galveston Railroad (GVSR) and Coe Rail, Inc (CRLE).

Airslide Covered Hoppers

GVSR 508009
GVSR 508009 GVSR 508009 GVSR 508009 on the end of train 16T at Christiansburg, VA on 30 May 2003.

Refrigerated Box Cars

VCY 25013
VCY 25013 VCY 25013 VCY 25013 was set off in Bluefield Yard on a snowy 17 December 2000.

VCY 25140
VCY 25140 VCY 25140
VCY 25140 VCY 25140
VCY 25140 VCY 25140 		VCY 25140 after being unloaded in Bluefield Yard on 20 January 2002. The several images include an unusual view of the inside of the mechanical reefer, as well as a closeup of the 10'6" width, 8'8" height plug door. This 4269cf, 220,000 GRL car has an inside length of 50'10",

Box Cars

GVSR 700137
GVSR 700137 GVSR 700137 at Geneva, NY on 26 December 2001.

GVSR 766160
GVSR 766160 GVSR 766160 passing Winton Place in Cincinnati, OH on 23 March 2002.

GVSR 784063
GVSR 784063 GVSR 784063 was passing through Montgomery, VA on 21 October 2000.


 NS:  N&W,  Southern,  Conrail,  PC,  Reading,  EL,  ITC  BNSF:  ATSF,  BN,  SLSF  CSXT:  B&O,  Chessie,  Seaboard,  SCL  KCS   TFM   FXE 
 UP:  C&NW,  MP,  WP,  D&RGW,  SP/SSW,  Golden West Service  CP:  SOO,  MILW  CN:  GTW,  DT&I,  D&TS,  WC,  IC,  CV,  DW&P  MRL   FEC 
Short Lines TTX / Railbox  Private Owner:  Tank Cars,  Open Hoppers/Gondolas,  Covered Hoppers,  Box Cars,  Flat Cars,  Circus Cars,  Locomotives,   Trailers  Amtrak 
Contemporary Freight Cars Index Photo Index Norfolk Southern's New River Districts

Joe Shaw -- joeshaw@krunk.org
Last update: Saturday, 25-Oct-2003 02:43:58 EDT