KWUX 102

Photos:

The following photos were posted to A.B.P.R by Kennedy How. They were taken in Cresson, PA on August 13, 2004.

The following photos were taken by Steve Host and are used here with his permission.

The Siemens Westinghouse rider car WECX 104 has been repainted and renumbered KWUX 104. These photos were taken by Ed Griffin at Siemens Westinghouse in New Kensington, PA. They are used with his permission.

These photos were taken by Douglas A. Paquette Jr., and are used with his permission. "This High-Wide Shipment went Via the GTW/CNIC Battle Creek, MI to Homewood, IL on March 28th. Went through Griffith Indiana about 3 pm CST."

The following photos were taken by Doug Burns They are from his web page Dale's Alabama Rail Pic's. They are reproduced here with his permission. The photos show two trips (12/28/2001 and 01/2002) of the car on NS Train 052 and NS 053. These turbines and generator loads are for the Calpine plant in in Alexander City, AL.

The following photos were taken by Walter E. Pfefferle of Wingham, Ontario, Canada. They are used with his permission.

The following photos were taken by Chuck Grigsby. Chuck is engineer for the IC. They are used with his permission.

Vince Skibo took these photo on August 28 at Kasgro's New Castle Yard. Vince reports that the reporting marks have been changed to KWUX from WECX along with a new paint job. This change is because Siemens purchased this business from Westinghouse.

The following photos were sent to my by Paul Lanyi. Paul took these photos at Kasgro Industries in New Castle, PA during late July 2001.

The following images were found on the The North East Rail Photography Archive. These two photos were shot by David C. Harding, on March 31, 2001. "High Wide car with Turbine for Londonary, NH on the Flanagan's siding in Ayer, on the Boston & Maine."

The following photo and information was sent to me by Glen Brunskill. On the morning of Monday Apr 9, 2001 I saw some heavy-duty well cars being moved by Rail Link at the Hamilton, Ontario, Sherman Ave Yard. Both cars were empty. The first was WECX 102, painted Westinghouse Light Blue but with no Westinghouse markings. This is a Schnabel car equipped with a removable center platform. I was able to photograph it adjacent to some of the former International Harvester buildings near Wilcox St. just south of the Stelco Boiler House (about 200 meters east of the Sherman Ave. yard).

The following information was marked on it. Length 135'7" without platform Max 178' 11" It was built 11 -69 The car was built by McDowell Wellman contract 61-3448 Ratings were 1,209,100 lb with platform 1,009,100 lb without platform light was 523,340 lb without platform 723,400 lb with platform platform weight 200,060 lb.

The following images were found on the The North East Rail Photography Archive. These four photos were shot by David Peters, on May 19, 2001. "A special move heading towards Framingham, MA on the CSX."

The following photos were taken by Craig Bossler on June 10, 1988, in Meyerstown and Sheridan, PA. These photos are from the collection of Greg Ajamian. These photos are used with the permission of both Craig and Greg.

The following photos were taken by Duane Ricks, near TTemple, Texas during September of 1987. They are used with Duane's permission.

These pictures were sent to me by John Albright.

The following photographs are from my collection.

The following three photos and information was sent to me by Dave Kerr.

"Three generations of my family worked for Westinghouse, including my dad who retired as night shift supervisor in the Large Rotating Aparatus Divsion (D Aisle), where Westinghouse produced its massive generators, at the East Pittsburgh Works. I am attaching a photo from the early or mid-70s of WECX 102 at East Pittsburgh, fully loaded with its generator destined for movement to a utility. I am also including two additional photos of WECX 102, one of them a montage of four, which features two loaded Schnabel cars on parallel tracks. All of these photos were sent to me by Westinghouse Orlando."

"The sight of a loaded Schnabel car is one the great treasures of my childhood. I am very proud of my dad and the men of the Turtle Creek valley in Western Pennsylvania who built the generators that still today produce the electricity that America and the world needs - 'Their labors vanquished the dark,' I like to say."

"John Albright's photos seem to have been taken in Florida, where Westinghouse moved its Power Generation operation (Pensacola) after it closed the East Pittsburgh Works. But East Pittsburgh was the center of Westinghouse's industrial empire for almost one hundred years."

Photos and articles in print:

Publication	Date	Page	Comments
L&N Magazine	12/70	2	Short article
Ties - Southern Railway 1970 Anual Report.	1970	26	One photo and caption
Ties - Southern Railway System magazine.	December 1970	26	One photo and caption
Trains	1/72	14	Photo and caption
Trains	7/73	24	Article and two photos
NMRA Bulletin	8/72	30	Article and three photos and plans
Prototype Modeler	4/78	30	Eight photos of an HO Scale model

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Equipment Diagrams:

See above NMRA Bulletin Article for plans

The above diagram is from my collection.

Click here for blueprints.

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Related Patents:

Patents are a good place to find diagrams.

Patent Number	Date	Title	Diagrams
3,744,434	12/25/71	Schnabel-Type Railroad Car

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Commercial Models:

Concept Models

This is a resin model, with decals included. It can be made for either the 20 axle (WECX 101, 202) or 22 axle (WECX 102, 301) cars. This is a great models, with simple instructions and it is extremely easy to put together.

Concept Models also provides three custom loads, a reactor, generator and a transformer. These loads are prototypical depending on which car 20 axle (WECX 101, 202) or 22 axle (WECX 102, 301) is modeled.

 

 

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