Hello everyone,

Would this 36' car have a cubic capacity of 2448? About what range of years would the metal ends have been installed? Can I assume they were built with wood ends?

Thanks for your help.

Ted

At 03:43 PM 10/14/2002 -0700, you wrote:

From Shawn Beckert:

Speaking of NYC boxcars, what's the story on this relic?

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nyc/nyc-xx235adl.jpg

The date of the photo is 1959. Other than paint, the car
is not in bad shape really. Any guess as to its lineage?

One of a large number of NYC 36' double wood sheathed box cars built in
several lots ca. 1910-1912 with fishbelly steel center sills, most later
converted with inverse corrugated steel ends. Owing to the rebuilding and
renumbering, the roster is a rat's nest, though it's mostly decipherable
from the NYC equipment diagrams. I have a couple of fairly good-in service
photos.

Richard H. Hendrickson
Ashland, Oregon 97520

Ted Schnepf
railsunl@...