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From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of
Bruce Smith
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:47 AM
To: STMFC@...
Subject: Re: [STMFC] PRR 495655 & Builders Photos


On May 31, 2005, at 8:15 AM, John Fitts wrote:

Excuse me if I'm late to the party and missed something, but what
exactly was the purpose of this car?

John

John,

Good question! It is clearly a conversion to company service/MOW.
Jack Consoli's comment about Calcium Chloride has me wondering. What
was CaCl used for? Was the car used to store CaCl? Was there some
application of CaCl that could be accomplished by a rail car?


Regards
Bruce

Bruce F. Smith
Auburn, AL
http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/

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