Original stock # 489-20566

   From 1940 to 1942, Rock Island Railroad purchased 3,600 box cars from Pressed Steel Car Company. This 40' box car with single door is one of them. It was built in December 1941 and painted in RI's colors of Pullman green and dulux gold with red accent in the logo. The 3,898 cu ft, 122,000 lb capacity steel box car was used in BX express service and equipped with Allied full-cushion trucks.