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From: "Paul R DOT Tupaczewski" paultup AT comcast DOT net
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 20:50:29 -0400
Subject: RE: (erielack) Gray Boxcars
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> Some of the gray boxcars might have
> even made it long enough to see Conrail.

A number of the 40' cars made it into CR, with several of the 40' cars
ending up in the Harrisburg, PA area in MOW service.

But the champ has to be EL 66270, one of the 50' cars, which lasted until at
least January 1989 (!!!) in very rusty gray paint. It spent most of its
final years in the Rutherford, PA (former RDG yard) deadline. Here's a John
Schodowski photo taken in 1989 that pretty graphically shows the drawbacks
of the gray scheme: gray that fades to white, and it shows rust streaks...

- Paul




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