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June 22, 2018 at 5:11 pm
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peggyrothschild
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Pat
Here’s my 2 cents worth:
1930’s through 1950’s MoW cars were the same color as the freight car fleet. Boxcar Brown. Occupied outfit cars received yellow ends and the yellow wrapped around the car body 2’-3’ for additional visibility. Some 36’ MoW boxcars were painted a light gray/aluminum color but this appears to be a limited practice. In the late 1960’s to merger occupied outfit cars were aluminum. Some photos in the early years have again yellow ends. Tool cars were freight car red.
