Re: (erielack) EL covered hoppers... in red?

[Benton Bartlett <b3j2c_@_citcom.net>]

Paul et all
No explanation of why but I can add EL18524 in Maroon at Croxton  Nov.
1976. A two bay ex- DL&W covered hopper.
Ben Bartlett

At 10:50 AM 4/21/05 -0400, Tupaczewski Paul R Paul wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>	Here's something that's been puzzling me for a bit. This may be a
carry-over from the DL&W days, but anyway...
>
>	What was the significance of painting some EL covered hoppers in dark red
or maroon? All the cylindrical 20000-series cars were red, and there was at
least one other (21893, a 3-bay Greenville car) that was painted red as
well. It appears that the red cars were dedicated to soda ash service. The
DL&W's large four-bay ACF covered hoppers were also painted red (for the
same reason?)
>
>	Anyone know the REAL story behind the red paint?
>
>	- Paul
>
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