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Why do GATX hoppers have the reporting mark CMO on them?

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Posted by NareBNSF on Friday, March 3, 2017 11:03 AM

Thanks!

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Posted by CShaveRR on Thursday, March 2, 2017 11:20 AM

General American still owns the series, but the cars are leased to the UP.  Simple as that.  

This is the same as the box cars currently lettered BKTY.  Fully-repainted cars will have the "GATX" trademark on them, but the reporting marks (BKTY) belong to the UP.

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Why do GATX hoppers have the reporting mark CMO on them?
Posted by NareBNSF on Thursday, March 2, 2017 10:17 AM

I was watching a video from UP trains in Nebraska, and on a grain train there was a GATX hopper that said CMO. I know that UP has these on hoppers with their logo on it, but I have never seen a GATX hopper with CMO on it. Is there any information about this?

Tags: CMO , GATX , Reporting Marks , UP

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