I was born in 1947, and lived in Hoboken for most of my early life, and model the Lackawanna, and Erie Lackawanna. I checked some of my photos from Secaucus yard and Hoboken, and it was really a time of transition. Still some boxcars with full length ladders. Best to look at the built (Blt) date on cars. I just picked up a TOFC car, which was built in 1956, and still carrying trailers in the ‘70’s according to the E-L Freight and Passenger Color Guide. The freights carried most of the Eastern roads, but cars from anywhere could show up.
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