Conrail inherited its (and in fact the largest) fleet of auto parts boxcars from predecessors Penn Central and Erie Lackawanna. A number of these cars were hastily repainted shortly after the merger with early, often temporary, sets of stencils. CR 293357 was one of these. This car also received a replacement door during servicing that had been painted a different brown from the body of the car

These cars feature:
► Injection molded plastic bodies
► Etched metal details
► Operating knuckle couplers
► Accurately appearing trucks and cushion draft gear enclosures.