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RE: (erielack) Solvay Cars



> Since the cylindricals were assigned to Solvay service I was looking 
> through my covered hopper slides again and found one of the 
> later grain 
> hoppers (20158) also assigned to Solvay.  Is this assignment 
> unusual for 
> cars from this class (20150-20275)?  Built in 1970 most of these were 
> designated for Marion or Buffalo.

Wow, that is pretty unusual for these cars. I'd love to see a photo with the assignment stencil!

Once the car did soda ash service, it probably stayed that way since the interior was now contaminated for food-grade loads (and decontaminating it was probably more expensive than it was worth)

	- Paul

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