TGIFEF! It’s 1972 in the Sandhills of North Carolina, and a southbound Seaboard Coast Line freight includes run-through power in the form of a Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac GP35. Yummy.
DFF
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Love the scenery, DFF. Well done
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Appealing scene, and love the color of the water. Regards, Peter
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Well, that IS the A-end of that boxcar. If you had showed the brakewheel end, I would have had to call you out. 
DFF
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Hi Dave, I just checked that with Edge AI.
"Unlike a locomotive—which has an obvious front with a cab and headlights—a boxcar’s “front” is just whichever end happens to be leading in motion.
I.E. if the Train is heading Eastbound, the Boxcar end facing East is the Frontend.
But if the Train direction is reversed to Westbound, the opposite end of the Boxcar becomes the Frontend.
Since boxcars are built symmetrically, they can be oriented either way without issue".
I wondered this myself, because I was unsure about submitting a Boxcar photo.
However - I do not want to go ‘Off Topic’.
Paul.
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I was just joking, Paul. Of course they can go in either direction. I was attempting to help make your boxcar post more relevant with poor humor.
DFF
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A newly painted Burlington Northern F7 leads F7’s from predecessors Northern Pacific and Great Northern on the “Empire Builder”
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Gidday Paul, here’s a previous discussion on freight car ends if you are interested.
https://forum.trains.com/t/a-end-b-end-questions/309666
Cheers, the Bear. 
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Hi Bear, thanks for that.
I was very interested to read that discussion and there is a lot of useful info’ from all of the Contributors.
Regards, Paul.
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“Oh, East is East and West is West”… (loved that film, when I watched it as a kid)
Hi, Two Boxcar with liveries that I am fond of, are tied-down at Cargo Fleet Team-track.
Since neither is heading in any direction at the moment, I am a bit flummoxed as to which are their Front-ends.
However, they seem to be making a bid for freedom, but I’ll head them off at the Pass.
Paul.
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They don’t have ‘F’ like locomotives, but they have an ‘A’ and ‘B’ end, so you could call ‘A’ front if you want…
The ‘B’ end is usually where the handbrake wheel or lever is located; it is also the end to which the tapered part of the brake cylinder ‘points’ to. Turn the Corinth & Counce car around and you’ll have two ‘A’ ends to the fore…
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Ohh that T1 is a beauty. Really looking forward to 5550’s completion!
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