Re: Photo: SP Flat Car 43595 With Transformer Load
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Richard Brennan wrote:
Photo on 4-8-1937 as SP 43595 https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll2/id/30745/rec/693 Two days later, 4-10-1937, with SAME load... as SP 49679 https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll2/id/30879 I'm not sure if this is to imply that these 2 cars are the same car ? The same actual load ? SP 43595 is an F-50-12 class car, 40' 10" length, with 70t trucks added. A temporary expedient ? Not listed in notes in the 7-39 ORER. SP 49679 is an F-70-1 class car, 52' length, according to Tony's book. But the 7-37 ORER lists it as an F-50-14, the last in it's # series. Were these trucks added for this load ? Kept with the car creating a new one off class ? This might be a good question for Tony to chime in on. Was car 49679 built as a 70t car? As class F-70-1 ? Or was this car converted after delivery from an F-50-14 ? And then kept that way ? Car listed as 70t car in 3-39 ORER. An interesting tidbit, Dan Smith
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