Limestone service boxcars

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John:
I don't know of any pictures of the boxes in limestone service.   Certainly
they were so filthy that N&W didn't send the company photographer  out
to make pictures.  Neither can I recall any particular car  number.
Probably any 40 ft. box with a 6 ft. door would qualify.  Although I  can't
recall the number, one I remember was a Wabash.  Bear in mind  that
these cars were primarily equipped with friction bearings, which are
now outlawed for interchange service, so now they're gone.   My  uncle
was an agent for V-C Fertilizer and at Christmas one year (1970 as I
recall), all he could do was complain about how cheap the railroad
was to send him limestone in cars without doors.  A two-train 
collision at Suffolk that night gave me an excuse to leave.  There  were
distributors of lime on the Pun'kin Vine that no doubt received lime
in boxes -- Southern States at Boonies Mill for one.
                                                     Harry Bundy
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