GCX Freight Cars 1950

Data/reference only. No photos. GCX are the reporting marks of General Chemical Division of Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation. This book is based on original untitled hand-written documents dated January 12, 1950. With the exception of the fraction-to-decimal conversions, I tried to keep the data as written including abbreviations of builders, products, etc. This book finally gives us some insight into a typical 1950s chemical company’s freight car fleet. The roster totals 687 cars mostly devoted to muriatic acid and sulfuric acid transportation. But GCX also included over fifty special cars ranging from bauxite carrying covered hopper cars to 15-cylinder Genetron tank cars. Includes detailed dimensions to the nearest sixteenth of an inch and metric equivalents