1990.  Portola, California.

TS 520, now preserved at the Portola Railroad Museum, shows off its painted Cornucopia herald.  The original heralds were actually decals and were expected to have a 3 to 5 year life.  Costing $80 per car, the WP decided not to replace or renew them in spring 1958, less than three years after the cars were delivered.

photo by Eugene John Vicknair

501-525 series XM Boxcars

Tidewater Southern Railway