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RE: (erielack) Gray boxcars

> This included
> single door 40' (one appears on the front cover of the EL 
> Color Guide), and
> single and dbl door 50' cars (don't know which one MDC is 
> offering).

Athearn is offering the MDC 40' car which has a Youngstown (?) door. It appears to be reasonably correct for certain cars ihe EL 73400 and 73500 series.



> on all the car series are available in the Color Guide. By 
> late 1962, it
> became evident that the gray paint wasn't wearing well, so it 
> was dropped in
> favor of bcr.

I have photos of some freshly-painted cars stencilled "MDV 2-63", so repainting continued at least into early 1963.



> this scheme. Some of the 50-footers lasted right into 
> Conrail. I'm wondering
> if EL repainted any of the gray cars bcr.

I think that after the cars went into EL's rebuilding program (with the characteristic channel sidesill), they got BCR paint.

 
> EL had 2 other boxcar colors: blue 50' cars leased from Gen Foods, and
> gray/maroon former DL&W 40' express boxcars.

And if we're counting leasers, there were also the small fleet of RBL's leased from North American Car that were painted yellow with black ends and black EL logos...

	- Paul

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