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

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As promised, here are shots of the two series. I mis-remembered the color of
the RBLs, they were simply solid orange.

359021 is a Lou Schultheis shot (posted to this very list, if memory serves
me) is a former 5000-series reefer, while 360601 is a former 69275-series (I
knew I got that wrong the first time I entered it!) "blue" RBL.  Note the
wheel on the 360601, added shortly after CR in order to make the door easier
to turn (I believe there are photos of a car in EL blue paint with such a
wheel, by Larry DeYoung, in the Erie Railfan article about the blue cars)

	- Paul

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) [mailto:paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 1:42 PM
> To: EL Mail List
> Cc: Paul R. Tupaczewski
> Subject: 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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