Hi Russell,
I've never seen a CBQ boxcar painted forest green. Was this done
near the BN merger?
Thanks,
Mark Heiden
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Russell Strodtz <19main@g...> wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> Yes, that is what the "XP" designation has meant all along.
> The word "restricted" is probably a little too strong. What
> the Railroad did and what the Customers did was not always as
> it was planned in the car service rules.
>
> Have to qualify myself a little here. Depending on what their
> Customers wanted some hides would be bundled but they would
> still have to be loaded with salt.
>
> The cars that stand out in my mind as looking the worst were
> the cars that had been painted "Forest Green". Probably more
> rust than salt but they looked and smelled horrible.
>
> Somewhere someone must have taken photos of these things.
> I may have and will keep that need in mind.
>
> Russ
>
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