When this photo was taken the Waterloo Railway (WLO) was a paper subsidiary of the Illinois Central. WLO 505164 was an AAR type XP car with a gross rail load of 220,000 pounds, a tare weight of 64,900 pounds and a load limit of 155,100 pounds. It was a once a MARYLAND & PENNSYLVANIA car and was on a Canadian National-Illinois Central transfer run in New Orleans running from MAYS YARD to STUYVESANT DOCKS YARD and the New Orleans Public Belt. |