Al Kresse wrote:

FGE was building new re-icing platforms in 1955 (@ their Russell and Peru yards) along the C&O . . . They keep their leased re-icing platforms on the C&O until 1972 I believe.

They had to. It wasn't until 1972 that the ICC released railroads from the responsibility to provide icing if needed.

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