…Few hours ago I saw a box car with strange {to me}, icon…Nothing on the side but “champion” wording in an elongated diamond shape. Shape and coloring was same as “Champion Spark Plugs” icon…?? It was heading west on CSX towards Indy.
Might have been a load of champion spark plugs out of the factory in Cambridge Ohio.
Were the boxcars grey?
I have been seeing them a lot around Baltimore MD lately.
Carl T.
I think you are thinking about these.
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/crle/crle10331m.jpg
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/crle/crle10365ags.jpg
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/crle/crle10389amg.jpg
I think those were leased to Champion Paper, which merged with of was bought out by International Paper (http://www.internationalpaper.com/our%20company/investors/faqs.html).
I did find some pictures of Airslide hoppers leased to Champion Spark Plugs
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/gatx/gacx46479.jpg
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/gatx/gacx48441akr.jpg
Champion International Corporation is a paper company . Their home page:
If you click on the link (to http://www.championpaper.com/) contained within the link you posted, it takes you to International Paper. According to IP, the transaction occured in 2000. It looks like Creative Pro needs to update its information.