Cars that had the big blue and black "General Chemical" logo were owned by the CIT group for a time, but originated with the company itself. These were originally lettered GRPX, and later GCTX, I believe. I have none of those documented as having become AEX.Too bad the train isn't still there; some stuff like build dates could be obtained. I saw that you put the picture over on Railroad Picture Archives as well. You can see from the pictures of cars with numbers surrounding that one that it is definitely out of place.
Carl
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Thank you,most General Chemical cars of that yoke that I found, appear to have been CITX heritage though. Did they take over NAHX's fleet?
I have a disconnect somewhere: my records show AEX 11749 as previously NAHX 467162 (and that's what the Surface Transportation Board says). But NAHX 467162 was a curved-side car built by National Steel Car; this one looks like something from Pullman Standard. Could that have been a FMC logo near the right end of the side? A lot of PLCX cars that carried this logo had later been leased to the General Chemical Corporation, which might explain the lettering you saw. Umler (the Universal Machine Language Equipment Register) suggests that my version of the ancestry is correct, but I can't see that the number on your picture is wrong. So more info is definitely needed!
Found this old rusty Anderson's hopper on an NS train in Roanoke. Does anyone know who used to own it? I can make a a "General ?????" but that's it.
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