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BN B8 - Fire Prevention car

There were actually two Fire Prevention instruction cars, both were ex-baggage cars. The first being the ex-GN heavyweight car used for the same purpose, it was painted red with yellow and orange flames along the side. As this car was very old it was retired shorty after the merger and replaced with a newer ex-NP baggage car. This second car was painted green with a black roof and also had yellow and orange flames painted on the side. This car was scrapped in the late 70's when fires from hot wheel bearings ceased to be a problem.

Car No	Color	Date changed	Location	Formerly	Now
B8(1)	grn/yel	3/1/70		GN-Fire Prevention car	BN-Fire Prevention Car
B8(2)	grn/yel	1/1/71		BN-674/NP-250	Fire Prevention car
B8(2)	grn/flames	2/1/74	St Paul	Fire Prevention car	retired/scrapped

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