Claus Schlund wrote:

Can anyone ID the boxcar on the left? Is this what is called a Warren truss?

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/owi2001015034/PP/resource/

Yes. though here, as in bridges, the vertical posts are for convenience, not necessity.

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