12-21-2011, 03:13 PM
Thanks for the additional info, jwb. I was aware that the REA cars were leased and carried the reporting marks of their owners. However, I didn't consider the fact that the car in Brian's photo may have been a MoW car. 
While I know for sure that the white car in my photo was used in express service, it also last served on the Penn Central as a MoW car, in yellow paint. Because I found several photos on-line of preserved X-29s in Railway Express service paint, I, perhaps erroneously, assumed that the extra steps and grabirons (these cars are festooned with the latter 
) were from the "express phase" of their long service lives.
I dunno about the respectable bit
but I now have more info than I did before your reply. Thanks for helping me to keep learning. 
This does, however, cast a shadow of doubt over THIS.
Charlie! Ed! You may need to return those boxcars for some revisions to the added detail. :oops:
Wayne
While I know for sure that the white car in my photo was used in express service, it also last served on the Penn Central as a MoW car, in yellow paint. Because I found several photos on-line of preserved X-29s in Railway Express service paint, I, perhaps erroneously, assumed that the extra steps and grabirons (these cars are festooned with the latter ) were from the "express phase" of their long service lives.jwb Wrote:.....But Doctor Wayne is a respectable dude and may have more info than I do!
I dunno about the respectable bit
but I now have more info than I did before your reply. Thanks for helping me to keep learning. This does, however, cast a shadow of doubt over THIS.
Charlie! Ed! You may need to return those boxcars for some revisions to the added detail. :oops:
Wayne