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Owner: First Union Rail
Type: Gondola
AAR Class: GT: Open top car, having high fixed sides and fixed or hinged ends and solid bottom, suitable for unloading on dumping machines only.
AAR Type: J301
Detail Info:   Gondola, Load Limit: 185,000 and greater, Flat Bottom, Inside Length: 36-48ft
Plate:   B
Dry Capacity:   4300
User Notes:   ex-DEEX 7942

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FURX 961229, 961236, and 961152 Derailed
Title:  FURX 961229, 961236, and 961152 Derailed
Description:  At 2120-CT-13 BNSF train C-CDMIOG0-01A (BNSF 9738, BNSF 9413, BNSF 4576, 118 coal loads, 0 empties, Helper BN 9685, 16874 tons, 6264 feet) derailed 28 cars (lines 23 through 51) due to an overheated journal on car FURX 961149. The derailement affected adjacent Highway 287 with coal blocking the shoulder. The track was reopened at 1550-CT-14. These photos were taken near the end of the recovery process.
Photo Date:  1/14/2004  Upload Date: 9/26/2009 12:19:31 AM
Location:  Herman, TX
Author:  Christopher Palmieri
Categories:  Wreck,Action
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