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In general, it seems like locomotives get a much higher priority to get repainted than freight cars when a merger happens. For example, the BN merger happened in 1970, and I think all the engines in the earlier paint schemes had either been repainted or retired by about 1976. However, it was pretty common to see NP, Burlington, or GN cars well into the 1980s - even the early 1990s. I'm sure it was the same with Conrail, cars from the railroads that were blended into Conrail probably lasted for quite a while.

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