Box car with strange icon...

[ericsp]

QUOTE: Originally posted by DSchmitt

Champion International Corporation is a paper company . Their home page:

http://www.creativepro.com/papersupplier/home/1687.html

If you click on the link (to http://www.championpaper.com/) contained within the link you posted, it takes you to International Paper. According to IP, the transaction occured in 2000. It looks like Creative Pro needs to update its information.

[DSchmitt]

Champion International Corporation is a paper company . Their home page:

http://www.creativepro.com/papersupplier/home/1687.html

[ericsp]

QUOTE: Originally posted by choochin3

Were the boxcars grey?
I have been seeing them a lot around Baltimore MD lately.

Carl T.

I think you are thinking about these.

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/crle/crle10331m.jpg
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/crle/crle10365ags.jpg
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/crle/crle10389amg.jpg
I think those were leased to Champion Paper, which merged with of was bought out by International Paper (http://www.internationalpaper.com/our%20company/investors/faqs.html).

I did find some pictures of Airslide hoppers leased to Champion Spark Plugs
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/gatx/gacx46479.jpg
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/gatx/gacx48441akr.jpg

[choochin3]

Were the boxcars grey?
I have been seeing them a lot around Baltimore MD lately.

Carl T.

[Anonymous]

Might have been a load of champion spark plugs out of the factory in Cambridge Ohio.

[Modelcar]

....Few hours ago I saw a box car with strange {to me}, icon....Nothing on the side but "champion" wording in an elongated diamond shape. Shape and coloring was same as "Champion Spark Plugs" icon.....?? It was heading west on CSX towards Indy.