THE 80's; PT12

More from last week's train...

An ex-Railbox boxcar, now owned by Canadian National. Railbox sold a number of surplus cars to member railroads during the late 80's. Note the bright orange TP&W car behind it; a relic of the late 70's era of per-diem car rates.

Another per-diem boxcar, this one owned by the Bath & Hammondsport. A change in rules allowed cars to collect income, even if they weren't on home rails. This resulted in numerous short lines leasing large fleets of boxcars to take advantage of said rules. The rules were reversed in the early 80's, an a surplus of cars resulted, but for a short time, colorful boxcar fleets returned to the nation's rails.

A trio of tank cars, two white, one blue.

The second white car is leased by Reilly Industries from ACF.

A boxcar from merger partner Frisco.

A trio of brown tank cars. And you thought only boxcars are brown!
Happy Veteran's Day to my fellow vets!