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Mike Brock <brockm@...>
Bruce,
The date on the mail train is 1957. I've uploaded the photo......including an ACL and PFE car as well.....in the STMFC archive. It sure doesn't look like an X-29. Mike |
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Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. <smithbf@...>
Bruce,Mike, You're right, that ain't no X-29! In fact it takes us back to our original discussion as it is an R-50b. Since I am not aware of any systematic passenger car renumberings on the PRR between '53 and '57, the number on this car must have been misread, as it should be in the series 2551-3100. A VERY careful look at the image, and a little "imaginoscopic vision" (the sort of thing we accuse radiologists of having in my trade <G>), and you can see that the number is most likely 2748 and not 2248...nice DIRTY car! 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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Benjamin Hom <bhom3@...>
Mike Brock observed:
"It sure doesn't look like an X-29." That's because it isn't an express X29 - it's a Class R50b express reefer! Ben Hom |
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