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50 yr old x26 in PC restencil. SPFs have a look.
« on: March 19, 2021, 09:12:35 PM »
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Check out this old boxcar. Stenciled “50yr old car, not for offline use.”

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50 year old car, exPRR class X26 box car , marked for RR service only. Note stenciling on car side. Colehour yard Chicago 1972.
Scanned from 35mm slide.
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Re: 50 yr old x26 in PC restencil. SPFs have a look.
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2021, 01:01:47 AM »
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A X26f, nice! These were rebuilt X26c's with new underframes. The X26c were rebuilt X26s with new car bodies, so you could say that the X26 finally metamorphized into an entirely new boxcar.
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