On Jul 16, 2005, at 2:17 PM, James D Thompson wrote:

My question is how similar are the DL&W cars to the 1927-28 order of NYC
USRA cars with dreadnaught ends?

The DL&W cars are basically copies of the late NYC cars except for the
ARA underframe and minor items like tackboards and door hardware.

Say, what? The Dreadnaught ends on the Lackawanna cars, on which the outer edges of the corrugations look as if they were filed flat, were absolutely distinctive and unlike the ends used on any of the NYC cars. I have a photo which shows this clearly.

Richard Hendrickson