In a message dated 7/24/04 10:36:53 AM, caso@... writes:

<<On close inspection of the cars back around 1995, a couple of the cars had

Bangor & Aroostook heralds peeling through the paint.


Due to their position in the bush, the cars were difficult to photograph:

http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/images/bar-1.jpg


Terry Link

Bramalea, Ontario, Canada

trlink@...

www.canadasouthern.com >>

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ggg9y@... writes:

<< And speaking of odd military cars, there used to be a whole string of

36' single-sheathed army boxcars sitting among the trees at Mt. Union,

Pennsylvania, hard by the old East Broad Top engine house. These were

standard gauge, and not equipped for overseas operation. I've heard the

area is now a shopping center, so I suppose they are all gone. >>

Chris Barkan replied:

I always thought those Mt. Union cars looked like those 36' MEC boxcars

that

seemed to be around pretty late. Does anybody know what their heritageis

(was)? Did the Army get them from the MEC, someone else, or were they

built new

for them?