Re: (erielack) DL&W Freight Cars

[William Shultz <wshultz1_@_twcny.rr.com>]

The DL&W 10000 series box express cars were classified as AAR 
designation BX. They feel under the rules governing passenger equipment 
and were to be confined to passenger service only. Different rules 
applied to general interchange freight equipment. In fact, the AAR rules 
considered it misuse if the cars were diverted to freight service except 
under very specific conditions and then only with the owners knowledge.

Other cars subject to the same passenger car regulations were in 
addition to BX (Box Express); BE (Baggage Express), BEM (Baggage Express 
Messenger) and BH (Horse Express). These cars would subject to the 
requirements for reporting marks, etc., applicable to the passenger 
equipment standards. The rules for lettering were not ignored, they were 
different for passenger cars.

Regards,

Will Shultz

donald kern wrote:
> 
> Schuyler Larrabee wrote:
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>[mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org] On Behalf Of donald kern
>>>Subject: Re: (erielack) DL&W Freight Cars
>>>
>>>Also  All of the Lackawanna's 40' Express Box Cars  had  DL&W 
>>>and # only  No Dim data or full roadname  not even the usual 
>>>"Express" as on other RRs
>>>   
>>>
>>
>>I suspect that was because the cars were not intended to ever be used in interchange, so the AAR rules about lettering could
>>be ignored.
>>
> 
> Possibly REA Assinged Equitment may  not have required Dim Data ?... 
>  And I have seen  Photos of those cars  in Interchange Service  on 
>  Nickel Plate Trains  and in the CNJ/RDG/DLW  Interstate Express
> 
> 
>>Later, Paul Tup wrote:
>>"For that matter, did the DL&W ever paint up any boxcars in GMY . . ?"
>>
>>I think they did, but I can't find photo proof of it right now.
>>

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