Does anyone know the name of the Penn Central Car Shop in Meadville, PA? I believe it started with a "P". Thanks for the help. Hope to hear from someone soon. You can reply here or e-mail directly to 76erfan@comcast.net.
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Jerry,
Thanks for the quick reply. I appreciate it.
Then which car shop is referred to in this slide?
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The boxcar in the slide says:
Penn Central
for rack loading only
when empty return to
program car shop
Meadville, PA
...from what I can gather, there was a standardized repair and repainting "program" at Meadville.
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PC did not have a car repair shop in Meadville, but E-L did. Thus there are two possible plausible explanations:
1) The photo was taken post-Conrail, and the car's reporting marks have not yet been changed.
2) More likely: Most hicube auto parts cars were in a pool, contributed by rr's on the basis of their auto traffic; it's been reported that some cars never saw their home road for years. These cars had specialized interiors with loading racks, etc, for the different auto components' shuttle to which they were dedicated; the Meadvill E-L shop was apparently set up to do some changes on this group of cars -- or something like that.
Does that help ??
SZ
Just wanted to thank everyone for the help solving the mystery. I sure do appreciate it.
Take care!!!
Paul
