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Union Tank Car Co.
415, NW2, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1948, #6248, FN E988-2, as St Louis-San Francisco 255. It became Burlington Northern 415, Class NW-2, in December 1980, and was retired in June 1982. It was sold to Colorado & Eastern RR as 415 in July 1982 and sold to Dixie River RR as 415. It then was sold to Mississippi Delta Equipment Co 415 and then UTCX 415.
1301, 45 Ton, was built by General Electric in October 1944, #27706, ex United States Army 8568. It was sold as Wyoming Railcar 8568 and became Lithcote Co 8568. It became UTCX 8568 and renumbered 1301.
1302, 80 Ton, was built by General Electric in July 1949, #30006, as American Smelting & Refining Co 1. It was sold as Kennecott Copper Co 1 in 1959. It was sold as Lithcote Co 1 and became UTCX 1302.
1303, 65 Ton, was built by General Electric in February 1943, #15889, as U S Army 7162. It was sold to Surplus Wholesales Inc on August 27, 1980, and resold as Salt Lake Garfield & Western D.S.5 on September 2, 1980. It was repainted in May 1982 and sold as UTCX 1303.
1816, GP7u,, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1950, #11594, FN 6104-7, as Seaboard Air Line 1718, a GP7. It became Seaboard Coast Line 898 in July 1967 and rebuilt at Uceta in October 1981 as 4770 and became Seaboard System 4770 in January 1983. It was renumbered 1816 in 1984 and became became CSX Transportation 1816, Class GP-16, in April 1986. It was retired on February 19, 1993, and sold as UTCX 1816 in 1993.
12345, SW9, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1952, #15597, FN 4105-4, as SL-SF 308. It became BN 263, Class SW-9, in December 1980 and retired in August 1986. It was sold to Pielet Brothers Co in December 1986 and sold as Demeter Farm Supply Co 263. It was sold as UTCX 263 and renumbered 12345.
13583, NW2, was built by Electro-Motive in September 1949, #8025, FN E1132-4, as Georgia RR 905. It was sold to Precision National Corp and resold to Azcon. It was sold to Inman Service Co as ISCX 905 and sold to UTCX 905 and renumbered 13583.
3882 was built by Union Tank Car Co in 1936. It was donated to National Museum of Transportation in 1983.
12918 was built by Union Tank Car Co in 1908, standard gauge. It was narrow gauged in 1927 and ran on the Denver & Rio Grande. It was purchased as White Pass & Yukon 64 in 1963 and later sold as Cumbres & Toltec Scenic RR 64 in 1991.
14387 was built by Union Tank Car Co in 1910. It was donated to NMOT in 1952.
85026 was leased to Anheuser-Busch Co.
86279 was leased to Allied Chemical Co.
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