Coil Cars
 
 

by permission with credit to original photographers and contributors

This car was a one of a kind 114-ton experimental car built by Whitehead & Kales (a DT&I on-line customer) in 1965. This was the W&K demonstrator that was used in a trade show somewhere, probably Chicago. Evidently DT&I was their only coil car customer as W&K was heavily involved in auto rack production.

As delivered, it had a black carbody with white lettering with unusual corrugated hoods painted orange with black, white, & yellow lettering in a unique style for sales purposes by W&K. The coil hoods had DT&I compass
heralds with extra advertising slogans reading: "Cushioned Coilster" and "High-cube - High capacity"

There is an as-built photo of the car in the W&K ad in the 1966 Car Builder's cyc. on page 289, as well as Scott Trostel's 'The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad' on page 195.

The car disappeared from the GTW roster sometime after 1985.

1050-1084

These 99-ton cars were built by Evans in September 1967. They have a fishbelly side sill design with yellow carbody and black lettering. As delivered, they had black angled corner hoods with yellow billboard DTI lettering.

The lease on these cars was not renewed and they were off the roster at end of 1978. The remaining cars became EJ&E 6800-6830 and MKT 14015.

This series is a very close match for the Walthers HO and N scale Evans coil car.

1100-1199

These 94-ton cars were built by Whitehead & Kales from September to November 1967(order #RF-18025). They are a fishbelly side-sill design with yellow carbody and black lettering. The cars were delivered with black round hoods (wide horizontal, rectangular, corrugations with vertical straps from W&K) with yellow billboard DTI lettering.

Some cars received two different styles of yellow Proform fiberglas hoods with black DT&I lettering in the early 1980s. As of 2004, a small number of these cars are still running around in original DT&I paint.

			DT&I 11xx Coil Car - California Chris Butts, Collection of Brian Everett		file size 191k
			DT&I 11xx Coil Car @ Lima, OH May 2000  Copyright Dave Zelisse		file size 37k
			DT&I 11xx Coil Car @ Maybee, MI July 1995 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 57k
			DT&I 1128 @ Tremont City OH May 28, 1994 Copyright J.E. Landrum; from DT&I RR Historical Page		file size 84k
			DT&I 1128 @ Paris Jct, ON  April 1997 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 113k
			DT&I 1132 @ Copetown, ON August 10, 2001 Copyright Doug Bishop		file size 87k
			DT&I 1132 @ Cajon Pass CA June 22, 2002 Copyright Wayne Buser		file size 135k
			DT&I 1132 @ Hamler OH June 2003 Copyright Mike Schwiebert		file size 116k
			DT&I 1148 Coil Car - California Chris Butts, Collection of Brian Everett		file size 163k
			DT&I 1149 @Brantford, ON August 10, 1997 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 72k
			DT&I 1156 Coil Car @ Paris Jct., ON March 2001 Copyright Mark Heiden		file size 71k
			DT&I 1156 Coil Car @ Flat Rock, MI - B End Mark Cooper, Collection of  Brian Everett		file size 53k
			DT&I 1156 Coil Car Flat Rock, MI - Detail A End Mark Cooper, Collection of Brian Everett		file size 53k
			DT&I 1156 Coil Car Flat Rock, MI - A End Mark Cooper, Collection of Brian Everett		file size 51k
			DT&I 1156 Coil Car Flat Rock, MI - Detail B End Mark Cooper, Collection of Brian Everett		file size 55k
			DT&I 1160 Coil Car @ Brantford, ON March 1996 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 83k
			DT&I 1160 Coil Car @ Brantford, ON March 1996 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 61k
			DT&I 1161 Coil Car - California Chris Butts, Collection of Brian Everett		file size 144k
			DT&I 1172 Coil Car - California Copyright Doug Burton		file size 63k
			DT&I 1172 @ Brantford, ON September 11, 2003 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 97k
			DT&I 1172 @ Brantford, ON September 11, 2003 A-End 3/4 view Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 91k
			DT&I 1172 @ Brantford, ON September 11, 2003 A-End side Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 133k
			DT&I 1172 @ Brantford, ON September 11, 2003 B-End side Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 123k
			DT&I 1188 Coil Car @ Maybee, MI August 1981 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 76k
			DT&I 1193 Coil Car @ Flat Rock, MI April 1995 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 58k
			DT&I 1193 Coil Car @ Flat Rock, MI April 1995 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 51k
			GTW 101129 (Ex-DTI 1129) @ Brantford, ON Aug. 2001 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 92k
			GTW 101133 (Ex-DTI 1133) @ Flat Rock, MI Robert Ponchart, Collection of Brian Everett		file size 75k
			GTW 101178 (ex-DTI 1178) @ Hamler OH  June 2003  Copyright Michael Schwiebert		file size 87k

1200-1299

These were 95-ton car built by Whitehead & Kales in August 1968 (order #RF-76035). They were a fishbelly side sill design with yellow carbody and black lettering and came with black round hoods (wide horizontal, rectangular, corrugations with vertical
straps from W&K) with yellow billboard DTI lettering.

Some cars received yellow Proform fiberglas hoods with black DT&I lettering in the early 1980s.

They were taken off the GTW roster in 1984 and became CNW 39700-39794.

			DTI 1205 @ unknown location and date  Copyright Jim Sinclair		file size 45k
			DTI 1269 @ Maybee, MI  April 6, 1980  Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 45k

1300-1349

These are 99-ton cars built by Evans in June 1968. They had a straight side sill design with yellow carbody and black lettering. The cars were delivered with black angled corner hoods with yellow billboard DTI lettering.

These cars disappeared from the GTW roster sometime after 1985. Some became IHB 1000-1009.

The Walthers discontinued HO kit 932-3854 is numbered 1337 from this series, but the Walthers car has an 'Evans Type 3' fishbelly underframe instead of a straight underframe (DTI 1050-1084 are a much better match to the Walthers model). The Red Caboose N and HO Evans coil car has an 'Evans Type 4' straight underframe which matches the DT&I 1300-series cars.

Prototype info courtesy Jim Hediger

These were 99-ton cars built by U.S. Railway Equipment Co. in June 1970 (order #982). They were a straight side-sill design with yellow carbody and black lettering. The cars came with black angled corner hoods with yellow billboard DTI lettering.

In July 1985 these cars were repainted in GTW blue and renumbered GTW 307150-307155.

The Red Caboose N and HO Evans coil car is a good match for these cars.

			DT&I 1352  Builders Photo  June 1970 Collection of Jim Kinkaid, Courtesy Brian Everett		file size 144k
			DTI 1355  Green Bay WI  July 1979 Copyright John F. Campbell		file size 90k

1375-1394

The last batch of 99-ton cars were built by U.S. Railway Equipment Co. in September 1975 (order #1375). They had the 'Evans Type 4' straight side sill design with black carbody and white lettering. They came equipped with black angled corner hoods with white billboard DTI lettering.

These cars are still on the CN roster - a handful are still in their original DT&I paint which has held up extremely well.

The Red Caboose N and HO Evans coil car are based on this series of cars.

			DT&I 1375  Builders Photo  September 1975 Collection of Jim Kinkaid, Courtesy Brian Everett		file size 170k
			DT&I 1375  Builders Photo  September 1975 Collection of Jim Kinkaid, Courtesy Brian Everett		file size 215k
			DT&I 1375 Coil Car @ Maybee, MI July 2000 Copyright Scott Heiden		file size 110k
			DT&I 1377  Riverdale IL June 8, 1991 Dennis Schmidt Photo, Copyright George Elwood's Fallen Flags		file size 82k
			DT&I 1379 @ Paris Jct, ON  March 15, 2005 Copyright 2005 Aleks Stefanovic		file size 226k
			DT&I 1379 @ Paris Jct, ON  March 15, 2005 Copyright 2005 Aleks Stefanovic		file size 226k
			DT&I 1384 Coil Car @ Hamilton, ON August 15, 1999 Fred Moehrle photo, Collection of Brian Everett		file size 66k
			DT&I 1385 Coil Car - California Chris Butts photo, Collection of Brian Everett		file size 225k
			DT&I 1388 @ Brantford, ON  July 18, 2003 Copyright 2003  Scott Heiden		file size 100k
			DT&I 1388 @ Brantford, ON  August 9, 2003 Copyright 2003  J Lucek/D Bishop		file size 109k
			DT&I 1388 @ Brantford, ON  August 9, 2003 A-End Closeup Copyright 2003  J Lucek/D Bishop		file size 68k
			DT&I 1388 @ Brantford, ON  August 9, 2003 B-End Closeup Copyright 2003  J Lucek/D Bishop		file size 137k
			GTW 101378 (ex DT&I 1378) @ Brantford, ON September 6, 2003 Copyright 2003  Scott Heiden		file size 116k
			GTW 101378 (ex DT&I 1378) @ Brantford, ON September 6, 2003 A-end Detail Copyright 2003  Scott Heiden		file size 99k
			GTW 101378 (ex DT&I 1378) @ Brantford, ON September 6, 2003 B-end Detail Copyright 2003  Scott Heiden		file size 98k