Re: BREX 326-329, express refrigerator cars
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Bill Welch
That MM caption is in error in that the BREX express reefers used something called a "bi-forcated" end. The drawing I have of this end is for the 40-ft BRE steel reefers built in 1937 at Plattsmouth. There were 270 cars in the BREX 74730-74999 series. The end on this series featured two panels, each with four ribs, but when the cars were retro-fitted with fans, the lowest rib of the lower section was cut out and a section of plate steel was welded in its place. I have several photos that document this change. If anyone has any idea why this was done, please speak up.
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The ends on the two-door express cars used the same rib configuration as the 40-ft cars, but on the ends of the 4-door cars the lowest rib is missing and there is a flat area as part of the stamping meaning the ends look like those on the 40-ft cars after they were fitted with fans. The only photo I have other than a builders photo show one of the 4-dr express reefers in a B&O train. The angle of the photo makes it impossible to know which end is visible, but the second door is on the left end of the side. Bill Welch
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