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Date: 12/18/07 21:33
SP Boxcar Question
Author: DynamicBrake

Back in the 70's, you would see an SP double door boxcar with one of the doors (usually the left one) painted yellow. Was there a specific reason for this? Someone once told me that the yellow door designated that car for carrying food products only.

Kent in Carmel Valley

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Date: 12/18/07 22:19
Re: SP Boxcar Question
Author: ESPEE5318

"paper loading only"

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Date: 12/19/07 15:32
Re: SP Boxcar Question
Author: DynamicBrake

ESPEE5318 Wrote:
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> "paper loading only"

Thanks....that does make sense since I used to see a lot of those cars on the Cascade Line in Oregon.

Kent in Carmel Valley

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Date: 12/19/07 16:08
Re: SP Boxcar Question
Author: WAF

40 footers with a yellow "X" for for the lumber pool

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Date: 12/19/07 17:16
Re: SP Boxcar Question
Author: CShaveRR

I remember 40-footers with not an "X", but one diagonal line on the doors. They were used for lumber, plywood, or other such loads, but the line was basically to show that the car had been rebuilt with wider door openings (10 feet instead of six?).

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Date: 12/19/07 17:45
Re: SP Boxcar Question
Author: WAF

That's what I meant.. thanks

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