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Posted by al-in-chgo on Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:03 AM

 ericsp wrote:
XP boxcars are similar to XM boxcars except they are suitable for carrying a particular commidty. I was reading in the ORER that XP boxcars must include the commodity in the description column of the ORER. The interesting thing is that including the description is very rare.

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Posted by ericsp on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 11:28 PM
XP boxcars are similar to XM boxcars except they are suitable for carrying a particular commodity. I was reading in the ORER that XP boxcars must include the commodity in the description column of the ORER. The interesting thing is that including the description is very rare.

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