Reply to "What Does C. T. on a Boxcar Stand For?"

The trusts can stay in effect even after the railroad changes. I recall in the 1980s seeing hi-hood Soo Line GP-9s that on high up on the short hood had a small "W.C.", which indicated these had been bought by Soo subsidiary Wisconsin Central under a trust agreement before WC was folded into the Soo in the early sixties...and wasn't related to the "new" Wisconsin Central that Soo spun off. Way back, when Northern Pacific bought the St. Paul & Duluth RR, the re-lettered engines had a "D" next to their number to indicate they were still part of a trust going back to their purchase by the St.P.&D.