Ashley, Drew and Northern was a short line logging railroad founded in 1905 in
eastern Arkansas. Pulpwood and paper products became the railroad’s staple
freight commodity by the mid-1940s. In 1963, Georgia Pacific Paper Corporation
purchased the railroad but continued to operate it under the AD&N name until 1995
when it was no longer profitable and was abandoned. The car was later obtained by Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab of Mexico, which was founded in 1999 and operated until 2007.

In the 1970's, a surge of colorful boxcars could be seen all across the country as larger railroads leased more and more boxcars from shortline railroads. To encourage the return of the boxcars, shortline railroads could charge a per diem, or daily fee, until the cars were returned. Incentive Per Diem (IPD) boxcars were primarily 50' rib side boxcars with 10' sliding or plug doors or double sliding doors. Some of these cars can still be seen rolling the rails, under the ownership of new roads, and often heavily weathered and graffitied.

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