Re: SP 66094, a truss rod box car


Benjamin Hom
 

Claus Schlund wrote:
"Zoom in to check out SP 66094, a truss rod box car. Appears to have ‘wrong way’ doors, opening to the left.
https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:df71zw41m 

PRR and PRR-controlled lines had over 49,000 cars in Classes XG, XH, and XL with left-opening doors.  Maybe it's your railroad that has "wrong way" doors.  That term belongs in the dustbin of history with "outside braced boxcar".


Paul Doggett replied:
"It looks like a door and a half boxcar it’s an interesting photo."

Not only door-and-a-half, but door-and-a-half Wagner doors.


Ben Hom


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