RE: (erielack) Boxcar assigned to Silver Springs

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>]

> In 1984 I snapped the attached photo.  Although it's too 
> small to read in this image, the boxcar was stenciled "When 
> empty return to EL agent, Silver Springs NY" (or words to 
> that effect).  This car sat under the 8th Street Bridge in 
> Juniata for several years, with hundreds of others, awaiting 
> shopping or scrapping.
> 
> JR


John,

Great find! Why would they use a combo-door boxcar for shipping salt, though? Was this packaged product?

	- Paul

P.S. Is that a former LV white X58 boxcar in the background?!?
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