Non-Reading
TTX Flat Car – JTTX 802611
Background & History
In February 2007, the Society took delivery of 89 foot flat car JTTX 802611 graciously donated by TTX Company of Chicago, IL.
Originally built as a tri-level auto-rack in October 1978, the car was de-racked and used as a special purpose flat car.
This car will give the Society the means to initially move and store the Reading Grill car #2060 closer to home until restoration begins.
(Photo courtesy of Duane Engle)
(Photo courtesy of Duane Engle)
As a condition of the donation, the TTX reporting marks have been removed and the car is now RCTH 802611. With over a decade of interchange service life left, the potential to utilize this flat car to retrieve or move other large objects will be a great benefit. The Society sincerely thanks TTX Company for their generosity.
As it turns out, the 2060 Grill Car was moved to Hamburg via highway truck. Not having any need for an 89 foot flat car, the TTX car is on a semi-permanent loan to the Reading & Northern Rail Road.