[RITSlist] Why? TTPX flat #80570

[Steven Suhs]

I'll add my 2 cents worth and it is just guess work but possibly logical. Seeing that its a TTX car why would I think is that the car was asigned to the Rock Island for what ever type of service that the RI used it for. OR my other thinking might be something along the lines of some UNOFFICIAL person (ie... a rip track type person decided to put the hearld on the car side for some unknown reason be it pride in his employer or now just to confuse us railfans).
   
    For those who might recall seeing  CNW GP-38-2  #4619 or photos of it, it had a very large CNW hearld on its nose and a silver airhorn airhorns both of which was very non-standard CNW items. These items were applied about 1984 ish give or take. A freind of mine who will remain namless worked as a hostler for CNW in Mason City, IA along with the mech. dept foreman applied this to the 4619 for the sake of doing something to pass time. The nose was cleaned to make the hearld stick to the nose and the horn was probably spray painted right on the engine. I think my freind had painted a few different airhorns on diferent CNW engines. I seem to think it was done only to those units that we knew were assigned to CNW's Central Division.
   
  Steve Suhs

Jim Eager <jeager at sympatico.ca> wrote:
      Jeff Worones wrote:
    OK, any one know why the herald?


  As others surmised, it was because the cars were on long-term lease to the Rock. IIRC, the Rock also leased some OTTX chain flats for agricultural or construction equipment (the InterMountain model) that had RI shields on them.  Other well known examples were some PTTX bulkheads with large stacked B&O initials on the bulkhead supports, and Wabash autoracks with the flatcar itself painted Wabash blue or Frisco yellow but lettered for Trailer Train. The practice was short lived, however.
  

  David Engle's example of the Rock autoracks and Vert-A-Pacs is slightly different, though. Although the cars were leased from Trailer Train, the rack/superstructure was owned by the railroad.

    Jim Eager <jeager at sympatico.ca>
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada



    
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