I am posting this question for the second time to some lists. Unfortunately I did not get any responses to the first request.
Can anyone offer a photo reference or advice on the correct door for these cars in 1955?
The car numbers are:
23005 23168 23252 23399
And finally, what is the correct location for the door and end tack boards for 1955? Should they be in the high or low position?
Allen ,
I posted this response to the second part of your question when you originally posed it on the SouthernModeler group in late April: __________________________________________________________
Guy Wilber replied to a similar (but generic) question on the Steam Era Freight Cars group a couple of months ago. In essence, before 1953, placard boards were to be "not less" than 4'-6" from the floor of a box car. Effective in March '54, that rule was changed to lower placard boards (the larger boards) and tack boards (the smaller boards)to be located so that the bottoms of the boards were no more than 2'-6" above the car floor. New cars reflected that change right away, and older cars had the changes applied as they were shopped for Class 1 repairs. I guess if you can find out when the cars you are modeling were shopped, you can pretty well guess if they had their placard holders high or low at your target date.
If you are looking for the location of the tack boards on each *specific* car on a certain date after the rule went into effect, then I guess this isn't much help, but you didn't note that after I posted the above.
