D&H wheel car #15961

I came across a photo here (http://www.trainweb.org/dhvm/images/dhr ... 961-01.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) of a blue D&H flat car with some wheels on it. The car looks to be freshly painted. I contacted the photographer Mark Wright who confirmed that it was taken at Rouses Point but he had no other information, including a date.

Does anybody have any more information about this car? I would like to build a model of it but have no idea when it might have been painted blue, what era it is from, etc. Also, anybody have any other pictures? Thanks.

I first posted this last May on the specific D&H forum thread but received no response, so I am trying the broader NY forum now.

I see running boards on the boxcar and no COTS label on the car. Seems pre-1970s as a start.

I would suspect mid-1970s on that, that's when blue freight cars seemed to first turn up.

I was wondering the same thing--would that have been Bruce Sterzing's doing? The paint looks very fresh for an M/W car.

A pair of high resolution pictures from Mark Wright (and used with permission) can be found here:
https://dandhcoloniemain.blogspot.com/2 ... 15961.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Blowing up the first of those 2 pics, the stencil for the repack appears to be "__-21-74" as near as I can tell.

BR&P wrote:Blowing up the first of those 2 pics, the stencil for the repack appears to be "__-21-74" as near as I can tell.

Good catch! I can see it better in the 2nd pic. Looks like the month is "5".