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RE: (erielack) Blue RBL and Orange 5000 series Cars



> Mike or Paul,
> Not sure if this has been asked before, but what happened to 
> these cars after Conrail. Were they all painted in to the CR 
> fleet with EL initial & road #s painted up in the right 
> corner of the box car side. I still see a some of xEL auto 
> parts box cars running around with this lettered.
> TIA
> Jerry Custer
> ELHS 2603



Jerry,

Both of these classes eventually got CR paint, and per CR standards, the
cars were painted a yellow-orange color with brown-red ends. One of the
5000-series "Cool Whip" cars even got a one-of-a-kind all-white paint
job with blue ends and lettering. It was a prototype car that CR rebuilt
with satellite tracking for constant monitoring.

I have photos of some of these at home that I'll post later tonight,
hopefully. :)

	- Paul

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