Paul, Mike: They were painted blue to signify that they were not part of the EL property, or so I remember. That was around the time EL went into bankruptcy, and General Foods owned or leased the cars through the EL or something convoluted (dedicated service?). Anyway, by painting the cars blue, they were somehow different from the rest of the EL cars. Bill Paul R. Tupaczewski wrote: > Mike, > > The "blue" cars were built at the end of 1974 (Nov. and Dec.), > and were dedicated to General Foods service (hence the blue color). They > traveled the system, though the GF plant was in New Jersey (Clifton, I > think?). The cars could be seen anywhere in the US. They hauled food > products, as far as I can tell... > > - Paul > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net >>[mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.railfan.net] On Behalf Of >>Michael Dickinson >>Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 2:09 PM >>To: EL List address >>Subject: (erielack) EL blue boxcar >> >> >>ELers, This has probably been covered before but. How common were the >>blue boxcars? I see them on Ebay all the time. I think that >>they were >>around toward the end. What were they used for and were they >>around the >>whole system or just the East end >>Mike Dickinson ELHS #837 >>"Hey what is that big shiny warm thing in the sky" :-) >> >> > > > - -- Be a Locomotive Engineer: Its the most fun you can have with 3000 HP ------------------------------
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