Color Coordinated Cars

From: "Larry Mullaly" lmullaly@jeffnet.org

The San Jose Mercury for 4-11-73 contains the following item:

"Booth shipped to the East, by Monday’s express train, a car-load of salmon and vegetables. The car in which the shipment was made was one of those recently altered and provided with patent platforms, buffers, etc., and pointed so as to conform in color to the appearance of the passenger cars."

Both the type of car and the color scheme raises questions in my mind. I assume that the cars from San Jose were switched into an eastbound Overland train at Niles. Any insights would be appreciated.

Larry Mullaly

How to find contact information about a railroad official

From: "Marcy Foster" monte_marc@msn.com

Could you please tell me how I might obtain information for the name of the Manager and contact g at the Utah Central Railway Superintendents Office located in West Haven, UT and/or Supivisors? Thank you and appreciate any contacts or links to my inquiry!