1978 Equipment Additions

1978 Southern Railway Equipment Additions

 

New Equipment:

Description

 

Units

Diesel Locomotives

 

61

Work Equipment:

 

 

 

Scale Test Cars (self propelled)

 

Freight Cars:

 

 

 

70-ton, 50''6" box car

1,000

 

70-ton, 52''6" box car

50

 

70-ton, 52''6" box car (insulated)

200

 

70-ton, 89'4" flat car with tri-level auto rack

150

 

100-ton, 52''6" box car

150

 

100-ton, 60''9" box car

27

 

100-ton, 61' flat car

150

 

100-ton, 3600 cu. ft. hopper

688

 

100-ton, 41800 cu. ft. hopper

50

 

200-ton, heavy duty flat

1

 

Total new freight cars

2,466

Used Equipment:

Freight Cars:

 

 

 

70-ton, 52''6" box car (insulated)

197

Other Equipment:

Rail-Highway Trailers

1,202

Tri-Level Auto Racks

51

 

 

Total Cost of New and Used Equipment

$150,737,000

Additions and Betterments

6,912,000

Work in Progress

5,567,000

Total Equipment Expenditures 1978

$163,216,000