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(erielack) The EL Hot 100...honorable mention #2

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United States Railway Equipment Company (reporting mark USLX) leased a large number of 52' double plug door insulated boxcars to the E&J Gallo Winery in Modesto, CA.  The cars were about as "plain jane" as could be, painted red with white lettering and no identifying marks to signify their lease to Gallo.  As a result, these cars probably just blended right in, even though they were a mainstay in train SF-100, usually with small groups of them hauling Gallo Wine to the New York metropolitan area.  Empty cars went back in train AF-97 or SF-99.  The cars themselves were constructed by Evans/USRE in the early 1970s.  Most of them fell within the number range 10573 - 11249.  The consist sheets had 58 examples, which would have been good enough to place at #43 in the Hot 100.

Picture...
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2983300

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2193728


Locations...
Hauling wine east from the ATSF connection in Chicago to the NY Metro area, usually in train SF-100, then heading back west to Chicago usually in train AF-97 or SF-99.

Model...
Atlas produced a suitable model announced in August 2013, although the Atlas car represents a somewhat more spartan paint scheme without the "Dual Air Pak" logo usually seen on the cars leased to Gallo.  To back-date the Atlas car, one would only need to locate a decal set with that particular logo in white.

http://www.atlasrr.com/Images/HOFreightCars/ho53evans/0813/20002465_TQ.jpg

- -pat


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