On Sun, 8/27/17, jack.f.mullen@... [STMFC] <STMFC@...> wrote:

Subject: [STMFC] Re: tank car builder identification
To: STMFC@...
Date: Sunday, August 27, 2017, 7:46 PM


 









Looks like an AC&F underframe to me. The
stamped bracket for the tank bands appeared on some Type
27s, late '30s or early '40s IIRC. Of course, if
built then, the KD brake is anachronistic.



The lettering is a puzzle. "USAF" is post 1947,
but wasn't an assigned reporting marks, I believe.
There's no tank data stencilling no any visible repack
or air brake stencilling. I don't think these are in
interchange.



Actually I wonder if they're narrow gauge.



Jack Mullen









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