Seen this one? Breast cancer TTX boxcar 504927 Farmingdale

Spotted in a Farmingdale NYA westbound consist: Breast cancer TTX boxcar 504927 Breast Cancer Research “On Track for A Cure” 50’ High Cube boxcar on NYAR RS81 in Farmingdale! 3/04/2022

The below is the car example (prior to it being "tagged" in the consist: Anyone know the customer/load this car would have carried?



The photo: On POAY seen at the site of the former CPF-Frye interlocking in Andover MA..time seen was around
530ish pm Photographed by Hayden Logan, April 1, 2021. Railroad: Pan Am Railways.

FBOX is one of the reporting marks assigned to the Railbox company, established by the Trailer Train Co. (TTX) to provide boxcars which were not assigned to a specific railroad and under ICC regulations in effect at the time could be loaded with any appropriate commodity to any destination via any route (the cars were stenciled with the slogan "NEXT LOAD ANY ROAD"). Most likely this car was sponsored by a breast-cancer organization, or perhaps so painted by Railbox as a donation and could be loaded by just about anyone with anything destined to anywhere, like any other RBOX car. In effect, a moving billboard to spread the message around the country.

Thank you. I was also inquiring as to the customer/load that received this out east on the Main Line.

The NY&A should be able to get the whole story by putting the car number into the computer, although the situation is a little delicate -- such information is technically confidential and not to be disclosed to any party not involved in the transaction. However, sometimes somebody knows somebody ...

Maybe, in "an abundance of caution" as the saying goes, the NY&A could ask the consignee if they have any objection to letting the information out. If the consignee does object, that would have to be the end of it.

I think the FBOX is a single plug door vs the TBOX double plug door and length you would see. Don't quote me on this but a lot of those are used for paper rolls or newsprint Plate F height with a single door to unwind or open?

ExCon90 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 9:24 pmMaybe, in "an abundance of caution" as the saying goes, the NY&A could ask the consignee if they have any objection to letting the information out. If the consignee does object, that would have to be the end of it.

I'm thinking: Roberts Plywood, for this car.