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X58 Boxcars: Photos
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Photo shows detail of the full height ladder and high-mounted brake wheel.
Location: Terre Haute, IN   1998
Photo Revised: June 2, 2005
xPRR 164152 X58A
xPRR 164152 X58A
Mike Dettmers (43K)

Photo of the entire boxcar, with detail photos below.
Location: Terre Haute, IN   1998
Photo Online: December 4, 1999

xPRR 164152 X58A
Mike Dettmers (66K)

Photo of the painted over PRR reporting marks showing though the funky paint over.
Location: Terre Haute, IN   1998
Photo Online: December 4, 1999
CR 164152
xPRR 164152 X58A
Mike Dettmers (52K)

One of the areas of freight car modeling people are getting interested in is the coupler area.
Location: Terre Haute, IN   1998
Photo Online: December 4, 1999
CR 164152
xPRR 164152 X58A
Milke Dettmers (82K)

Looks like the old PRR keystone is showing through the paint that Conrail applied over the logo.
Location: Terre Haute, IN   1998
Photo Online: December 4, 1999
CR 164152
xPRR 164152 X58A
Mike Dettmers (47K)

Original large Conrail logo adorns this 50' boxcar. RBL Insulated Boxcar. Half-height ladders and lowered brake wheel.
Location: Blairsville, PA   7-89
Photo Revised: June 2, 2005
CR 164380 X58C
CR 164380 X58C
Rick Topeka (73K)

Restenciled PRR car. Full-height ladder and high-position brake wheel. The 'CR' stencil is the 'PC-style' from the early days of Conrail. It's safe to assume this car has been painted-out for 20 or more years.
Location: Wyomissing, PA   7-95
Photo Revised: June 2, 2005
CR 209498 X58A
xPRR 209498 X58A
Bob Waller (84K)

Yet another variation in the Conrail paint scheme, with the logo on the right and Conrail on the upper left.
Location: Folkston, GA   4-00
Photo Revised: June 2, 2005
CR 209893 X58C
CR 209893 X58C
Bob Waller (107K)

The reporting marks have been re-applied to the car.
Location: Berea, OH   10-10-04
Photo Online: January 22, 2006
CR 209902 X58C
CR 209902 X58C
Sean McDonnell (89K)

A fairly standard X58.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA   7-28-05
Photo Online: January 22, 2006
CR 209907 X58C
CR 209907 X58C
Sean McDonnell (187K)

A repainted Quality scheme car hauling some sort of hazardous material.
Location: Bellevue, OH   2002
Photo Online: February 19, 2005
CR 230778 X58
CR 230778 X58
Chris Crook (79K)

An X58B painted in the standard Conrail scheme.
Location: Alliance, OH   2-92
Photo Online:October 28, 2002
CR 265915
CR 265915 X58B
Roger Durfee (63K)

This car would make a nice weathering job in any scale. Check the location of the car.
Location: Cheyenne, WY   10-11-03
Photo Online: January 22, 2006
CR 362028 X58
CR 362028 X58
Rail Yard Models (102K)

RBL Insulated Boxcar. Half-height ladders and lowered brake wheel car in Quality scheme. Better scanned photo.
Location: Reading, PA   1-95
Photo Revised: June 2, 2005
CR 364266 X58
CR 364266 X58
Bob Waller (76)

An X58 in the deep south. Again another paint scheme variation.
Location: Taft, FL   8-00
Photo Revised: June 2, 2005
CR 367018 X58
CR 367018 X58
Bob Waller (87K)

Photo taken from A End of car, showing shortened ladders. One full-height ladder remains on B End.
Location: Fresh Pond Yard, NY   1998
Photo Revised: June 2, 2005
CR 368090 X58
CR 368090 X58
John McCluskey (66K)

Photo taken from B End of car. A little dark due to shooting into sun, but you can see the full-height ladder and roof rung.
Location: Fresh Pond Yard, NY   1998
Photo Revised: June 2, 2005
CR 368090 X58
CR 368090 X58
John McCluskey (60K)


Penn Central:

A rare bird for 1997! An X58C still in its original, if highly faded, Penn Central colors and number.
Location: Wyomissing, PA   1-97
Photo Revised: June 2, 2005
PC 266105 X58C
PC 266105 X58C
Bob Waller (150K)


Pennsylvania:

This car is still in service in 1993 and looks in great shape. It even still has its roofwalk!
Location: Olmstead Falls, OH   11-24-93
Photo Online: March 13, 2004
PRR 117942
PRR 117942
Roger Durfee (126K)

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