DaveO wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:53 am
Figured someone would jump in.
Based on a google image search for GTW autorack...
There were several series that were all blue on the sides.
Thanks. I found 2 pictures of the car decoration that I'm looking for. And a bunch of pictures of HO scale models.
cr6903 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:11 am
There was also a variation of Blue panels, with the yellow "trailer Train" flatcar. Not near as common as the others, but I do recall seeing them on a few occasions.
The yellow autoracks with the blue panel with the white GT logo were pretty neat, but they're also modern enough that I have my own pictures of them. I don't recall having seen a solid blue autorack in person. The blue rack on a yellow TTX flatcar seems to be more common than the blue rack on blue GTW flatcar, but both versions have the unpainted (metal color) screens.
For clarification, this is the model I was trying to describe. I'm sorry, I should have included the image in my original post.
Both of the images I found were on Pinterest and had zero information attached, such as when the photos were taken. I can obviously search RR Picture Archives and the freight car photo site, but I was hoping someone might know
when the autoracks were painted this way or if they were part of a fleet of cars that may have been assigned to a particular customer or cargo- I have a very vague recollection of seeing a picture of a solid blue rack (possibly a single or bilevel car with enclosed sides and an open roof?) at or containing a load shipped from the Ford plant in Romeo. I was hoping someone else might know if there was anything special about these particular cars or remember when they were more common.
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