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Bad Luck wrote:The 497998 does not appear in the earliest Equipment Tabulation book I have, 1974 issue. By this time, the only cars with the older six digit numbers such as this still rostered were the 491577 (Blt. 6-16, Boom Car) and the 491985 (Blt. 6-16, Tool Car flat). Float reach in cars on the roster that same year were the W-23, W-27, W-29, W-39, W-70, though I believe the W-39 got most of the use in the later years and just after Conrail.Thanks, Bad Luck... I've been 'digging in' and appears that the 6-digit numbering was phased out in late-1957/early-1958 and finally complete by possibly 1960 (?) . . . One needs to view ORER, or LIRR rosters pre-1960... I'll look for these cars you listed.
RGlueck wrote:In the 1960's, there was agray and orange reach car at Bay Ridge, with an orange cabin on it. Emblazoned in the rear-end of the house was a black bat, lifted directly from the "Bat-Man" television show logo. Over it was neatly painted "Bat-Car".W-27
Ðauntless wrote:That photo I'd like to see!RGlueck wrote:In the 1960's, there was agray and orange reach car at Bay Ridge, with an orange cabin on it. Emblazoned in the rear-end of the house was a black bat, lifted directly from the "Bat-Man" television show logo. Over it was neatly painted "Bat-Car".W-27
RGlueck wrote:In the 1960's, there was agray and orange reach car at Bay Ridge, with an orange cabin on it. Emblazoned in the rear-end of the house was a black bat, lifted directly from the "Bat-Man" television show logo. Over it was neatly painted "Bat-Car".I tried to post a picture of it, but the photo contained too many pixels. I don't use a hosting site like photobook, so I have no other way to post it.
nyandw wrote:Nice, Bay Ridge or Yard A?Steve: This looks like Yard A. Note the boxcars-four fallen flags along with CP. Not sure what is
MACTRAXX wrote:Yes, it's Yard A, after a second look. So we have: Fallen Flags of Rock Island, Canadian Pacific, MP(?), hidden, XXX, Frisco, Erie Lackawanna...nyandw wrote:Nice, Bay Ridge or Yard A?Steve: This looks like Yard A. Note the boxcars-four fallen flags along with CP. Not sure what is
behind #445. The two hacks look fine. This is the best LIRR caboose color scheme to me.MACTRAXX