When this photo was taken the Waterloo Railway (WLO) was a paper subsidiary of the Illinois Central. WLO 505043 was an AAR type XP car with a gross rail load of 263,000 pounds, a tare weight of 64,900 pounds and a load limit of 155,100 pounds. It was on a Canadian National-Illinois Central transfer run in New Orleans running from MAYS YARD to STUYVESANT DOCKS YARD and the New Orleans Public Belt. |