Re: (erielack) DL&W Freight Cars

[donald kern <doubletrack_@_comcast.net>]

Schuyler Larrabee wrote:

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>[mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org] On Behalf Of donald kern
>>Subject: Re: (erielack) DL&W Freight Cars
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>>Also  All of the Lackawanna's 40' Express Box Cars  had  DL&W 
>>and # only  No Dim data or full roadname  not even the usual 
>>"Express" as on other RRs
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>I suspect that was because the cars were not intended to ever be used in interchange, so the AAR rules about lettering could
>be ignored.
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Possibly REA Assinged Equitment may  not have required Dim Data ?... 
 And I have seen  Photos of those cars  in Interchange Service  on 
 Nickel Plate Trains  and in the CNJ/RDG/DLW  Interstate Express

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>Later, Paul Tup wrote:
>"For that matter, did the DL&W ever paint up any boxcars in GMY . . ?"
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>I think they did, but I can't find photo proof of it right now.
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>Paul went on:
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>"FYI, I thought the CHS car was horrible. The maroon was magenta, the yellow was more yellow-green, and the lettering was
>awful. Then again, that was "top notch" almost 20 years ago when they were released. CHS' newer stuff is well-done."
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>Ahh, Paul, even in them thar days of yore, that attempt by CHS was flat out hideous.  You forgot to mention that the stripes
>were about 6" wide too.
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>SGL
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