LNAL 200

Formerly PTDX 200

Formerly WECX 200

Description:

This 12 axle schnabel car was originally built for Westinghouse in 1957 by the Greenville Steel Car Co., of Greenville, PA. It was built to deliver transformers built in Westinghouse's Sharon PA, and Muncie IN plants. The large power division of Westinghouse was purchased by ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) Power T & D Co., and the car was re lettered with the new reporting marks of PTDX. This car was reported scrapped in the fall of 1997.

Vince Skibo sent the following. The car was purchased and rebuilt by Kasgro Industries in New Castle, PA where it was rebuilt and sat for quite sometime. It was rebuilt from two MP cars. Its new markings are "LNAL 200".

Specification:

Load Limit	500,000 lbs.
Number of axles (33" wheels)	12
Empty Car Length	62' 8"
Maximum Loaded Length	91
Maximum Vertical Load Shifting ability	None
Width	9' 9"
Height	14' 5"

Photos:

The following photos were taken by V Skibo, and are used here with his permission. Vince is the one who alerted me to the fact that this car had not been scrapped, and had been rebuilt.

The following photo was taken by Paul Rome in Proviso Yard, on April 17, 1994. It is used with his permission.

The following picture was taken by Michael Dowd in the summer of 1988 at the Westinghouse Large Power Transformer Division plant in Muncie, IN. It shows the both half's of the schnabel car connected for travel in the unloaded position. This photo is used here with Michael's permission.

The following photo is from my collection, location unknown, Feb. 1988.

The following photo sent to my by Art Hunkee. It is used with Art's permission.

From Modern Railroads November 1957

Original loading and unloading instructions that were attached to the side of the car.

Photos of a pre construction model, plus what appears to be an engineering sketch of the truss frame, from my collection..

Photos and articles in print:

Publication	Date	Page	Comments
Modern Railroads	10/57	94	Article and seven photo, Cover shown above.
Erie Employee's Magazine	7/57		Article and five photo. This article was found on George Elwood's great web site.
1961 Car Builders' Cyclopedia	1961		2 photos, one loaded, one unloaded
Trains	2/64	18	One Photo with load of hub bearing casting for radio telescope.
Trains	7/73	24	Article and one photo
O Scale Railroading	8/78	24	8 photos of models
Classic Freight Cars, The Series, Vol. 6 Loaded Flats and Gondolas by Henry Maywald		64	Two photos, each with a transformer load, one with the bridge painted in cream, and the other in red paint

Instructions for Unloading Transformers from Railroad Cars WECX 200 and WECX 201
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Power Transformer Division, Sharon, Pa.
January, 1965
This document was sent to me by Joe Jancauskas

Equipment Diagrams:

The following diagram was found on the LNAL web site.

Blue Prints:

These blue prints, from my collection, have been scaned and cleaned up to remove most of the spurious dots.

	Stenciling Drawing of Schnabel Car 58K
	Outline Drawing of schnabel car 304K
	Truss Layout 730K
	Transport Frame 774K

Related Patents:

None

Commercial Models:

None

Commercial Models:

Concept Models

This is a resin model, with decals included. This is a great model, with simple instructions and it is extremely easy to put together.

Concept Models also provides two custom loads, a transformer and a mirror for Mount Palomar. Both of these loads are prototypical.