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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:8/13/2023 - 8/13/2023
Album Info:The Indiana Rwy Museum in French Lick, IN, now has only 3 freight cars on display at the former Monon depot and two of them are identical twins!
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Line of Indiana Rwy Museum Freight Cars
Title:  Line of Indiana Rwy Museum Freight Cars
Description:  Standing by the former Monon French Lick depot built in 1907 are three freight cars - NADX #2688, SOU #10189 and an identical NADX #2688. Strange to see 2 identical cars together!
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 7:16:03 AM
Location:  French Lick, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
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NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #1
Title:  NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #1
Description:  First in line is the North American Despatch boxcar displaying the French Lick "Pluto Water" logo. Great looking paint on this one.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 7:16:26 AM
Location:  French Lick, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
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NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #1
Title:  NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #1
Description:  Closeup of the "Pluto Water" logo touting the natural laxative properites of the mineral water as "America's Physic". The high content of naturally occuring salts like sodium sulfate and magnesium sulfate were the major components of its effect.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 7:16:31 AM
Location:  French Lick, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
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NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #1
Title:  NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #1
Description:  Clsoeup of the North American Despatch reporting marks on this first #2688.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 7:16:36 AM
Location:  French Lick, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
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NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #2
Title:  NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #2
Description:  Not sure wjy but a second NADX 2688 car sits in the line of freight cars at the former French Lick Monon depot. Both carry the same reporting mark albeit this one shows more age and rust patterns.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 7:16:40 AM
Location:  French Lick, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
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NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #2
Title:  NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #2
Description:  The same "Pluto Water" logo is on this identical boxcar as the first one in this line of cars.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 7:16:47 AM
Location:  French Lick, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
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NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #2
Title:  NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #2
Description:  This North American Despatch car carries the identical reporting mark as the first one in the line of cars by the former Monon French Lick depot. Strange!
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 7:16:51 AM
Location:  French Lick, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
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NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #2
Title:  NADX #2688 - North American Despatch - Car #2
Description:  Here is another view of the second North American Despatch car #2688.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 7:16:55 AM
Location:  French Lick, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
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SOU 10189 - Southern Rwy
Title:  SOU 10189 - Southern Rwy
Description:  Not only did French Lick, IN have the Monon coming in from the north, it also had the Southern Rwy coming up from the south. The second car in the line up is this Souther boxcar nicely preserved by the French Lick depot. Note the Indiana limestone top of the depot poking in from behind.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 7:17:00 AM
Location:  French Lick, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
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SOU 10189 - Southern Rwy
Title:  SOU 10189 - Southern Rwy
Description:  Here is another view of the Southern boxcar at the French Lick depot.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 7:17:05 AM
Location:  French Lick, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
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SOU 10189 - Southern Rwy
Title:  SOU 10189 - Southern Rwy
Description:  Closeup of the Southern Rwy boxcar reporting marks.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 7:17:10 AM
Location:  French Lick, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
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SOU 10189 - Southern Rwy
Title:  SOU 10189 - Southern Rwy
Description:  Here is a closeup of the Railway Express Agency info on the boxcar.
Photo Date:  8/13/2023  Upload Date: 10/21/2023 7:17:15 AM
Location:  French Lick, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
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