URTX #5348         
This car is on the to be scrapped list due the heavy deterioration. lettered for lessee Morris Rifkin & Son. (Update: A recent article in IRM's Magazine (Rail & Wire Issue 247 page 34, 35) indicates this car may yet be saved. According to Tom Schneider's article, "The estimated cost to restore 5348 is $30,000. This is for new siding and ends of Douglas fir, steel channels and angles, nails, screws, bolts, rivets, painting and lettering."
Date: 4/12/2015 Location: Union, IL Views: 195 Collection Of:   Tim Fennell
Rolling Stock: URTX 5348 (Reefer) Author:  Tim Fennell
URTX #5348
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  Illinois Ry Museum 2015
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