BOeC layout

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Oscar disappeared inside the building while Charle walked over overgrown ballast and waved to the crew to stop .

Thankfully they did

Charle climbed the ladder to the cab and amongst cigarette smoke explained the situation quickly. Did they knew anything about the missing boxcar ?




“ A missing 40” boxcar ? Reporting mark CFSY something ? “ said the engineer ?
“ Yessss ! That’s it ! “ said Charle

“ Well we weren’t the crew who dropped the cars this morning. But we heard about a 40” boxcar with a broken knuckle in Montreal.
I guess it rolled to the harbour. Could be yours I guess. I dunno “ said the engineer.

“ HOooo ? A broken knuckle ? It’s sitting on the docks of the harbour ? “ said Charle surprised.
“ So you’re dropping this one off for us ? “ added Charle

“ Oh no ! It’s not ready. It's missing details, laders and such and neither is the weathering…....huuu.... I mean
it’s going to Montreal shop for overhaul. We are just dropping it off to be picked up by the westbound tonite. “ said the engineer .

“ Say what ? Never mind . Thanks for the info. I’ll call your office to have a replacement boxcar ship over asap. “ said Charle as
he turned to make his way back to the office.

“ You do so sir “ said the engineer and they slowly started again , lining up the switch to the right track.