Re: [PM-list] NYC 90 ton flat
Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. <smithbf@...>
I have both builder's and in-service photos of these cars which show bothRichard, Thanks! I'll take those JPEGs! The builders photo must be of the third group of 14 cars, #499050-68, built in 1941 in East Rochester (I grew up just down the street!). The first two batches of 5 cars each were built for the NYC (499030-34) and the B&A (17100-04) in 1928. I'm not sure where I saw the post, but I thought that I had seen a post indicatiung that NYC flats were originally black and were repainted mineral red in the mid '50s. Of course, I looked over Jeff English's recent reply on NYC repaints, and it led me to wonder if that weren't the mid 40's <G>. Additionally, this could also lead to the interesting possibility that the '41 cars were painted red from the beginning while in my era (1944), the 1928 cars may still have been black (given that I saw a Freight car color PRR lettered flat roll past my street in Auburn AL a couple of months ago!). I'm looking forward to the scans and thanks again! Happy Rails Bruce Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. Scott-Ritchey Research Center 334-844-5587, 334-844-5850 (fax) http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin __ / \ __<+--+>________________\__/___ ____________________________________ |- ______/ O O \_______ -| | __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ | | / 4999 PENNSYLVANIA 4999 \ | ||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__||__|| |/_____________________________\|_|____________________________________| | O--O \0 0 0 0/ O--O | 0-0-0 0-0-0
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