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A flat car is a piece of rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks , one at each end containing four or six wheels.  The deck of the car can be wood or steel, and the sides of the deck can include pockets for stakes or tie-down points to secure loads.

The DRGW roster information below has not been updated since 1999 by Jim Eager.  If you know of the current deposition of a car listed below or you spot missing, inaccurate data, have model suggestion or a picture for any Rio Grande boxcar we'd love to see & hear about it.   Contact the RGM&HS webmaster at: rgmhswebmaster@rgmhs.org

Flat Cars 1887 – 1959

Series Lbs Type I L CuFt Bldr Blt - Yr Ret Commodity Design Notes
17400-17494 80 FM 40-00 - - - - PSC 4- 1901 RE# Gen Serv SUF, fishbelly sill, wood deck Ex-RGW 201-300; to 20900's <1929
20000-20005 1st 60 FM 32-00 - - - - ? - 1888 RE# Gen Serv Wood, truss rod
20000-20006 3rd 110 FMS 53-06 - - - - Rblt - 1957 Auto Frames 15 pocket, rivt Ex-22000-22199
20000-20099 2nd 60 FM 32-00 - - - - PCC - 1890 Rblt Gen Serv Wood, truss rod
20100-20299 60 FM 32-00 - - - - PCC - 1890 Rblt Gen Serv Wood, truss rod
20300-20340 60 FM 32-00 - - - - ? - 1891 Rblt Gen Serv Wood, truss rod
20341-20439 60 FM 33-00 - - - - W&F,LCC 1889=- 1891 <1933 Gen Serv Wood, truss rod Ex-RGW 1-150, 1 car 9-1929
20440-20463 60 FM 34-00 - - - - ? < 1907 <1926 Gen Serv SCS, truss rod Ex-RGW 151-175
20500-20598 80 FM 40-09 - - - - D&RG? - 1906 <1954 Gen Serv SCS, truss rod Ex-RGW 300-399
20900-20968 80 FM 40-00 - - - - RE# < 1929 <1954 Gen Serv Steel, fisbelly side sills, wood deck Ex-17400-17494
21000-21249 100 FM 40-00 - - - - ACF L5539 11- 1909 <1954 Gen Serv Steel, *10 stake pockets
21000-21099 2nd 110 FM 53-06 - - - - BSC JTN 6- 1959 Gen Serv 14 pocket, welded
21500-21506 100 FC 50-05 - - - - Rblt 1940= 1941 <1954 TOFC SUF, 2 screw hitches, tie-downs Cut-down 61200-399 series boxcars
21500-21523 2nd 130 FC 85-00 - - - - PS BUT 6=9- 1959 TOFC Fishbelly L sills
22000-22199 110 FM 53-06 - - - - MVC 2- 1944 Gen Serv 15 pocket, riv, AAR design
22200-22249 110 FM 53-06 - - - - DRGW - 1951 Gen Serv 15 pocket, riv, AAR design
22240-22250 Rbld 110 FB 42-00 - - - - Rblt -1951= 1952 <1955 Wallboard 11 pocket, rivt, / blkhds added bulkheads added
22247 Rbld 110 FB 40-06 - - - - Rblt - 1952 Wallboard 11 pocket, rivt, / blkhds added bulkheads added
22251-22264 110 FB 42-00 - - - - Rblt/RE# - 1952 <1956* Wallboard 11 pocket, rivt, / blkhds added Ex-22000-22199, *except 22261
22265?22329 110 FB 42-00 - - - - Rblt/RE# - 1954 <1959* Wallboard 11 pocket, rivt, / blkhds added Ex-22000-22239, *except 4 cars
22265?22329 110 FB 40-06 - - - - Rblt/RE# - 1954 <1959* Wallboard 15 pocket, rivt, / blkhds added Ex-22000-22239, *except 5 cars
22330-22374 110 FB 48-05 - - - - Rblt/RE# - 1956 Wallboard 13 pocket, rivt, blkhds added Ex-22000-22329
22375-22424 110 FB 48-05 - - - - Rblt/RE# -1958= 1959 Wallboard 13 pocket, rivt, blkhds added Ex-22000-22239
22425-22473 110 FB 48-05 - - - - Rblt/RE# - 1955 Wallboard 13 pocket, rivt, blkhds added Ex-22240-22329
23000-23099 110 FM 53-06 - - - - ACF 8=9- 1956 Gen Serv 15 pocket, riv AAR design
25000-25005 1st 60 FM 32-00 - - - - ? < 1889 <1903 Gen Serv Wood, truss rod Ex-20000-20005 1st <1890

KEY:

Lbs Weight capacity in lbs x 1,000
Type AAR car type code (i.e. XM = boxcar, etc
IL Interior Length or tank
Bldr ACF = American Car & Foundry; BSC = Bethlehem Steel Car; CSCC = Chicago Steel Car Co.; GATC = General American Transportation Co.; H&B; = Haskell & Barker; IC&E; = Illinois Car & Equipment; KCSS = Kansas City Structural Steel; LCC = Litchfield Car Co; MPC = Michigan-Peninsular Car; MC&F; = Missouri Car & Foundry; MCW = Michgan Car Works; MVC = Mt. Vernon Car (PSC); OFC = Ohio Falls Car; PAC = Pennsylvania Car; PCC = Peninsular Car Co.; PSC = Pressed Steel Car; PS = Pullman-Standard; PUL = Pullman; SSC = Standard Steel Car; W&F; = Wells & French; WSCF = Western Steel Car & Foundry (PSC)
Date-Yr Month and Year built
Ret Last year class was listed in ORER
Commodity Most commonly shipped
Design General design features: YSD=Youngstown Sliding Door, YPD=Youngstown Plug Door; YPDX=Youngstown Plug Door Exterior Post; PPD=Pullman " Plug Door; SPD4=Superior Plug Door; ID=Improved Dreadnaught ends, cush=cushioned underframe, Duryea=Duryea cush u.f., FS=ACF Freight Saver cush u.f., Waugh=Waugh cush u.f., EOC=end of car cushioning
Notes General notes
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