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Last Update: 2009-11-11
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Drury said that the Jay Gould gained control of Western Union in the 1870's, so the company dates back to then. Western Union wasn't listed in the 1888 ORER.
In the Walthers 1947 lettering book, there was a lettering diagram for a WUTX box car (decal 201). The car was listed as green, with yellow lettering. The company's name was spelled out on four lines above the reporting marks on the