ID

Marks

Car Numbers

Total

Type

Link

Built

Retired

Builder

Notes

Pre-1940

1940s-1960s

1970s

1980s-1990s

1

GB&W

01, 2, 165, 241, 1024

W180

4

Wrecking

1930s

Wrecking #01 renumbered W180 by 1930s. Based on car numbers, #241 was probably a former 33' flat car and #1024 a former 34' box car.

2

GB&W

12, 948

3

Steam Excavator

3

GB&W

1

1

Spreader

4

GB&W

1

1

Pile Driver

Worked with Tank #2. Wrecked in a derailment at Independence, perhaps in the 1930s.

5

KGB&W

1

1

Flanger

6

GB&W

X1, 698

2

Cinder

7

GB&W

1, 2, 3, 4, 60, 61, 76, 538, 706, 728, 734

11

Boarding

No more than 7 Boarding cars on the roster at any one time.

8

GB&W

1, 2

2

Flanger

9

GB&W

1, 2, 6, 71, 72, 75, 1090

7

Tool

No more than 5 Tool cars on the roster at any one time.

10

GB&W

12, 3, 400 , 476, 746

6

Construction

#746 was reclassified as Painter car #746 in 1909.

11

GB&W

1, 2

2

Tank

Horizontal steel tank mounted on a flat car. Often worked with Pile Driver #1.

12

GB&W

X2, X3, 28, 742

4

Boat Flats

13

GB&W

X4

1

Flat

14

GB&W

99

1

Business

1943

Began as a GBW&StP parlor car, pre-1896. Reconfigured as a business car in 1901.

ID

Marks

Pre-1940

1940s-1960s

1970s

1980s-1990s

Total

Type

Link

Built

Retired

Builder

Notes

15

GB&W

C159

1

Cinder

Ex- Waupaca & Green Bay RR, purchased for $300 in 1922.

16

GB&W

500

1

Business

1904

1945

Pullman Palace Car Co.

Ex- Western Union car 'Morse.'

17

GB&W

746

1

Painter

Was Tool car #746 prior to 1909.

18

KGB

70017040

X7001 to 7039

X7001 to 7040

X122 to X128

17

Gondola

1924.04

Rodger Ballast Car Co.

Hart gondolas. Purchased from Wisconsin & Michigan RR. Scattered numbers. Added X7040 in 1971 from A&W.

19

GBW

X1

1

Flat

1916.06

40' flat car.

20

GBW

X2

X2

1

Flat

1945.03

International Railway Car & Equipment Mfg. Corp.

60'-2" overall length; Vulcan trucks; 20" fish belly center sill; 3" oak deck; 140,000 capy (70-ton)

21

GBW

X3

X3

X129

1

Flat

1945.05

40' flat car.

22

GBW

X8

1

Transfer Caboose

1954

Former road caboose #08. Converted to a transfer caboose 1949.04, reconstructed as road caboose #608 in 1954.02.

23

GBW

X10, X12

X10, X12

2

Transfer Caboose

1960s

Former road cabooses #010, #012. Converted to transfer cabooses 1949.04.

24

GBW

X20 to X22

3

Former 60' mail-baggage #20 to #22.

25

KGB

X32

1

Transfer Caboose

1950

Former road caboose KGB #032.

26

GB&W

X44

1

1891

Ohio Falls Car Co.

Former 50' coach #44. In MOW service in the 1930s.

27

GBW

X50

1

image

Former 60' passenger-baggage #50.

28

KGB

X60

1

Former 60' passenger-baggage #60.

29

KGB

X75

1

Former 60' mail-baggage #75.

30

KGB

X76

1

1909.03

1963

Former 60' mail-baggage car #76. To X76 in 1948. Now at Mid-Continent Railway Museum.

ID

Marks

Pre-1940

1940s-1960s

1970s

1980s-1990s

Total

Type

Link

Built

Retired

Builder

Notes

31

KGB

X86

1

Former 60' coach #86. Converted to work car 1949.04.

32

A&W

X94

1

1893

1950.03.31

Former 60' coach A&W 94. Renumbered X94 1935.01.

33

GBW

X107, X109

2

Former 60' coaches #107, #109. Converted to work cars 1949.04.

34

GB&W

X165

1

Snow Flanger

1960 ca.

Approximate 40' long car with bay window at one end.

35

GB&W

B172

1

Former 44' coach #34. In MOW service in the 1930s.

36

A&W

X183

1

37

KGB

X190

X190

X190

1

Spreader

O.F. Jordan Co.

Jordan model 2-200 spreader. Former Michigan & Wisconsin RR #1001 (built ca. 1923 b/n #493). It was severely damaged in an accident early in its career on the W&M and sold in pieces to the KGB&W.

38

KGB

X200, X201

1

Flat

1916

39

GBW

X501 to X511

X5, X6

X130, X131

6

Dump

1925 - 1928

Western Wheeled Scraper Co.

20� CY Western side dump cars

40

GB&W

600

600

1

Business

1918

1972

American Car & Foundry Co.

Acquired 1944.

41

GB&W

603

603

1

Business

1972

Ex caboose #603.

42

GBW

X1201

X1201

X120

1

Ballast

1924

American Car & Foundry Co.

30'-6" Roger "Max-end" ballast car.

43

GBW

X1203

X1203

X121

1

Ballast

1927

American Car & Foundry Co.

33'-2" Roger ballast car.

44

KGB

X4335

1

Probably ex- flat car KGB&W #4335

45

KGB

X5054

1

Probably ex- box car KGB&W #5054

46

A&W

7040

1

Gondola

1924.04

1971

Rodger Ballast Car Co.

Hart gondola, formerly part of KGB 7001-7040. Acquired early 1960s and a plow attached to one end. To GBW in 1971.

ID

Marks

Pre-1940

1940s-1960s

1970s

1980s-1990s

Total

Type

Link

Built

Retired

Builder

Notes

47

GBW

X45

X45

1

Tool

1957.06

40' steel boxcar, ex PSX #45. Placed in service in June 1973. In service until 2005.

48

GBW

X106

1

Flat

Built from underframe of 60' coach #106.

49

KGB

X414, X415

X414, X415

2

Sand

Rebuilt from former hoppers KGB #414, 415.

50

GBW

X603

1

Flat

1972

The underframe of business car #603 (scrapped 1972) was used around Norwood Yard as a flat car for at least two years.

51

GBW

X604

1

Transfer Caboose

1967

Former road caboose #604. Used as a transfer caboose around Green Bay.

52

GBW

14018

1

Box

1930

1973.06

Bettendorf Car Co.

40' wood boxcar. Replaced by X45.

53

GBW

X132 to X135

4

Dump

Differential Car Co.

Difco side dump cars. Ex-Oliver Mining. placed in service 1980.06

54

GBW

150 to 174

25

Ballast

1964.07

Bethlehem Steel Corp.

One-bay hopper. Ex- LS&I #8500-8599.

55

GBW

X9481

1

Tank

Marked 7885 gallons.

56

GB&M

1

Office/paycar

1874.04

Haskell & Barker

Cost $4500.

 

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