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Hey Kim, I just checked some of my photos, and the yello ammo boxcars are 50 footers, some smooth sided, "waffle sided", and some ribbed. On some of the cars the yellow has almost faded to an off-white, while the red has faded to almost a pink . They are Clearly marked "United States Army" on the right side of the door in red lettering (all caps) w/ reporting marks in black to the left USAX 29---. These cars also have a clear placard noting the fact that they contain explosives!!! I have also seen older 40 ft boxcars painted Olive drab with white "USA" repoting marks and in older photos they had rather extensive lettering including the Transportation Corps crest. Now as for the older equipment yes some of it has ended up on other railroads and in mueseums but as always is the way much of it has been scrapped. Many of the Locomotives were also transferred to other government agencys(Alaska RR, DOT). Some the Alco RSD-1's designed and used during WWII in Iran were transferred to the Department of transportation. They were extensively used at thier test track in Pueblo, Colorado as switchers. A few of the RSD-1's were "destroyed" there in the 70's. In a test to prove or disprove the survivability of the containers containing spent Nuclear Fuel which might encounter a train at a RR crossing the unmanned MRS-1's were accelerated at high speeds into a truck containing the container by the use of Solid Rockets!!!!!! I must say Kim this is an awesome subject you came up with it is making me rember stuff I hadn't thought about in a long time!!!! Thanx, -Willie [V][V]
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