50 and 75-Ton, 86' Hi-Cube Box Cars
Part Two
 

26800-26853   26886-26889
27000-27134   69000-69012
 
 

by permission with credit to original photographers and contributors

These 74-ton riveted-side cars were built in 1970 by Greenville Steel Car Co. They were delivered in Magenta paint with yellow lettering and white compass shading.

			DT&I 268xx @ Danville, KY early 1990s Copyright DjMikulec		file size 149k
			DT&I 26801 @ Tremont City OH June 5, 1994 Copyright J.E. Landrum; from DT&I RR Historical Page		file size 77k
			DT&I 26806 @ Prentiss OH February 12, 1995 Copyright J.E. Landrum; from DT&I RR Historical Page		file size 78k
			DT&I 26809 @ Aldershot West ON June 1998 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 70k
			DT&I 26809 @ Maybee MI July 2000 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 62k
			DT&I 26813 @ Unknown Location  1970's Carl Geffchen photo, George Elwood's Fallen Flags		file size 61k
			DT&I 26813 @ Unknown Location  1980's Copyright W. Jamison		file size 50k
			DT&I 26819 @ Streetsville Jct. ON May 1985 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 64k
			DT&I 26828 @ Unknown Location The sticker over assignment stencil reads: Repair Pool Car. Being in the Repair Pool probably explains why this car is painted  blue when all the other 26800's were painted magenta. Copyright 1984 Jim Eager		file size 73k
			DT&I 26831 @ Unknown Location April 30, 1970 Once upon a time they were red! S.L. Breck Jr. photo, Collection of Jim Sinclair		file size 175k
			DT&I 26835 @ Unknown Location  1970's  A-End Carl Geffchen photo, George Elwood's Fallen Flags		file size 66k
			DT&I 26835 @ Unknown Location  1970's B-End Carl Geffchen photo, George Elwood's Fallen Flags		file size 59k
			DT&I 26835 @ Unknown Location  1970's B-End Detail Carl Geffchen photo, George Elwood's Fallen Flags		file size 59k
			DT&I 26840 @ Unknown Location  Sticker over assignment stencil reads: Ypsilanti MI  Copyright 1984 Jim Eager		file size 60k

26886-26899

This series of 72-ton cars was built in 1970 by Penn Central (PC class X67) and had riveted sides. They were also delivered in Magenta paint with yellow lettering and white compass shading.

According to Eric Neubauer on the Freightcars List (April 16, 2005) these cars were also assigned the numbers PC 295672-295685 in the PC car roster. They would have been re-numbered into the CR 293000-293020 number block if the DT&I had been merged into Conrail.

			DT&I 268xx @ Maybee MI December 1980 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 41k
			DT&I 26897 @ Pembroke VA March 25, 2001 From Joe Shaw's Railroad Images; Copyright Joe Shaw		file size 169k
			DT&I 26897 @ Brantford ON September 2001 Copyright Scott Heiden NOTE: This is the other side of  26897 from Joe Shaw's pictures. Look at that red plug door!		file size 107k
			DT&I 26897 @ Bluefield VA October 7, 2001 From Joe Shaw's Railroad Images; Copyright Joe Shaw		file size 177k
			DT&I 26897 @ Brantford ON April 2002 Copyright Mark Heiden		file size 62k

27000-27134

These cars were built by Thrall at the end of 1973. This batch of 75-ton, riveted-side cars was delivered in Teal Blue paint with yellow lettering and black compass shading.

			DT&I 27xxx @ Maybee MI December 1980 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 41k
			DT&I 27xxx @ Maybee MI December 1980 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 50k
			DT&I 27127 @ Mississauga ON February 1986 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 59k
			Terre Haute Brazil & Eastern 868(ex DTI 27000-series) New York state location, August 26, 1990 Greg Dickinson Photo, George Elwood's Fallen Flags		file size 59k

69000-69012

These 50-ton cars have an interesting history. Built for the GB&W by Thrall and Greenville in 1966 and 1965, they were leased by the Ann Arbor from 1970 to 1975 and assigned to the Saline MI Ford plant.

They got 'GBW' reporting marks in 1975; 69005-69012 recieved 'DTI' reporting marks by January 1977, and 69000-69004 also got 'DTI' reporting marks by January 1979. At least one went to the Terre Haute, Brazil & Eastern before 1991.

The cars are listed as having DT&I reporting marks in the 1977 through 1985 ORERs and are gone from the GTW listing in the July 1990 ORER - does anybody have more info or photos of these cars with DTI reporting marks?

			'DTI' 69006 (ex AA 69000-series) Detroit, MI  April 1983 Craig Gardener photo, Collection of Scott Heiden		file size 109k
			Terre Haute Brazil & Eastern 865(ex AA/DTI 69000-series) Elmira, New York,  March, 1991 Greg Dickinson Photo, George Elwood's Fallen Flags		file size 53k