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I have several ILDX hoppers to reweigh. However, I’ve only seen them in the new paint schemes. What reweigh symbols were used on these cars in the 50s?
Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY |
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Ed Hawkins
Brian, My apology for this late reply. I have just one ILDX LO photo with repack stencils during the time period of the STMFC. ILDX 338, reweigh stencils PAR 11-59. The Paul Dunn photo from the Bob Lorenz collection was published on page 91 of RP CYC Volume 28. The car was built 2-49 by GATC. Richard Hendrickson’s documented list of station symbols for PAR could be one of several locations to include C&O Parsons, Ohio (Columbus). The car also has repack stencils on two lines “RPKD C&O 7-29-59” (stencils are somewhat fuzzy, but readable). In front of the date are 3 letters with “L” as the first digit, but I cannot make out the other two digits. Directly above the repack stencils is “Journapak Lub” to denote the car received Journapak Lubricators. Regards, Ed Hawkins |
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