This car had been sitting in the NYS&W Utica Shops yard with the rest of the NYS&W junk cars, ballast cars, and passenger cars. The yellow door means the car was assigned to 'clean lading service,' which meant it could be used in service where the car had to be clean inside. This often involved but was not restricted to paper service. Other classes that qualified for clean lading were the X74, X75, and BA50A. The BA50A were all former Raritan River boxcars.
Class: X71
Location: Utica, NY
Photo Date: 10-27-98
Photographer: Shawn Noe     Added: February 12, 1999

Class: X71
Location: Berea, OH
Photo Date: 6-93
Photographer: Mike Rose     Added: August 9, 2001

This car was repainted into the Conrail scheme in December 1987. It is part of series CR 208015-208171.
Class: X71
Location: Pottstown, PA (Stowe Yard)
Photo Date: 12-87
Photographer: Lon Godshall     Added: October 22, 1998

Conrail repainted this car but decided to keep Penn Central's reporting marks. It is part of series PCA 160000-166999.
Class: X71
Location: York, PA
Photo Date: ?-81
Photographer: Tom Wolfgang     Added: May 7, 1998