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Re: (erielack) More on those 40' boxcars in the Paterson shot by Rich Onorevole
Thanks for the post Paul. I would assume Buffalo for flour. Marion for ____?
I thought I read somewhere the largest reason for EL hanging on to so many
40" boxes was for bagged cement service.
Todd K. Stearns
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From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paul.tupaczewski_@_alcatel-lucent.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 3:38 PM
Subject: (erielack) More on those 40' boxcars in the Paterson shot by Rich
Onorevole
>
> There has been much discussion about those 40' cars, but I don't think
> they were going to scrap. Heck, the EL was getting 40' cars rebuilt for
> food service in late 1974! These cars still had plenty of life left in
> them.
>
> To bolster my theory, I was looking through some of the consist sheets on
> the ELHS website, and NY-98 on 8/13/75 has a good example: A group of 10
> EL 40' boxcars are at the head of this train, being set out at Portland.
> Customer? "AGENT, EL RR"
>
> I've seen other consist sheets with 40' cars at the front for the agent at
> Croxton. When customers need empty cars for shipping, the agents call back
> the empties for loading. I'm wondering if these cars aren't headed west to
> Buffalo or Marion for loading?
>
> Just a thought.... Happily, the EL was still running plenty of 40' cars
> before CR, which is nice for modelers!
>
> - Paul
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