RE: (erielack) yellow diamonds

["Tupaczewski, Paul R \(Paul\)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>]

> Erie put yellow diamond heralds on freight cars for a few 
> years in the mid '40s.
>    
>   Anyone remember them? There's a picture of one in one of 
> the color photo books for another railroad. Several of the 
> B&W photos in Culotta-Kline freight car book apparently show 
> them too (the herald is slightly darker than the lettering on 
> recently painted cars).

I thought only one small batch of 40' boxcars had the small yellow
diamonds (with black center) but they were relatively short-lived and
replaced with a white diamond. Not sure why the switch was made to a
white diamond - maybe one less paint color to use per car?


    
>   On freight car red cars (box cars) did the diamond have a 
> black background?

In most photos that's what it appears to have been.

	- Paul

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