This box car red 50' composite gondola with drop ends, and fishbelly sides has large white 'ROCK ISLAND' lettering and runs on black Bettendorf trucks. Rock Island's 400 'War Emergency' gondolas were built by Pressed Steel Car Company in November of 1943. When new, #1197 received this box car red paint and white stenciling. Equipped with 70-ton Bettendorf style trucks, the cars were of 140,000-pound capacity and 1673 cubic feet. The Rock Island later converted these cars to adapt in TOFC service, tie loading and steel service.