On Jan 29, 2007, at 6:09 AM, Charlie Duckworth wrote:
Good friend gave me a USRA 40' Frisco Double-sheathed car for the layout. I was looking through photos and see many were rebuilt with plywood sides and steel sides. How long did they last with the original double sheathed sides? My layout cutoff date is 1954.
Charlie, sorry to be slow in responding. I have a photo of wood sheathed SL-SF 127750 reweighed 6-51, and that car, as well as 221 others, are still shown in the 1-53 ORER as being wood sheathed. So at least some of these cars would have lasted until 1954.
