Class X23 Box Car

The Class X23 Box Car was adopted by the Pennsylvania R.R. as a standard box car in 1912. It was their first 40 footer standard box car and also their first built with a steel underframed steel body with wood sheathing. Most Class X23 cars were later converted to work equipment service and designated as tool and supply cars. P.R.R. 499303 was built on Sept. 19, 1913 by the Western Steel Car and Foundry Co. for the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, and it was sold to the P.R.R. in 1942.

Parksley, Virginia · United States