jeffsmith Wrote:
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> Check the truck bolster, sometimes they put the
> car # there.
I am certain this car sat on blocks (without trucks) when it was on the Oriental Refinery property as well as over in Monte Vista. All the good trucks that Helfin had over at the refinery went with the cars the FOCTS obtained. The remaining trucks had problems or were for gondolas. All the cars at the refinery were off their trucks and on blocks, trucks lined up on a temporary track. So, any number that would be on the truck bolster would be unfortunately irrelevant to the car's history.