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RE: (erielack) Stillwell Coaches

Fred,

> In watching one of my Erie Videos today I noticed something 
> about the Erie
> Stillwells that I hadn't seen before. On some of the coaches 
> (a handful at
> most) I noticed an
> offset side door close to the front of the coach. What were 
> these doors for
> and what
> were these coaches originally designed for? Did it have 
> something to do
> with the possibility of them maybe being electrified with 
> traction motors
> in the future as was
> thaought about?

Like a passenger door? Or an equipment hatch? Could it have been a Stillwell
combine?

> I also noticed on a train pulliing out of Croxton, a boxcar with the
> reporting marks,
> "PVYX". What was that?
> Any info would be helpful.


According to my October '74 ORER, "PVYX" is yet another set of reporting
marks for Merchants Despatch Transportation Co.

	- Paul

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