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RE: (erielack) Athearn 85' flats (was: Walthers Bethlehem Flush-Deck Cars)

Paul,

These cars were leased from Itel Corp's SSI Railcar division which wasn't formed until May, 1975. I think initially they got into IPD boxcars and acquired their fleet of flush-decks later. Both the CO&E and P&W began operations in 1973. In sum, I doubt these reporting marks were found on flush-decks during EL years.

Paul B

From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R \(Paul\)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>
Subject: RE: (erielack) Athearn 85' flats (was: Walthers Bethlehem Flush-Deck Cars)

Dale Madison wrote:

> Speaking of Athearn red stripe UPS trailers, Athearn 
> announced some more red stripes on 85' flats.  2 # each for 
> Providence and Worcester + Crab Orchard and Egyptian.  #74227 - 74230.

These are the "4' too short" all-purpose cars they did (essentially
Athearn's very early version of the Walthers/Atlas cars).

My question is - are those two schemes correct for the EL timeframe?


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