> 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 The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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