In the May 1959 issue of MR there is an article about building a C&EI 41'-6" gondola. This car was shown built on a recent P:48 group.
The article states that the cars were built in 1912 & 1913 by American Car and Foundry, as composite types, steel & wood. In 1959 the C&EI still had 300 in use.
It states that in 1927 the wood in the sides was replaced with steel and in 1955-56 the cars had wood floors installed.
Also it says that the cars had both/either braced flat steel ends or dreadnaught.
These dates are not really clear about the facts.
Questions: 1-Is there a kit similar to these cars? 2-Did none of the cars have wood sides/ends after 1927? 3-Did the cars have only steel floors before 1955? 4-Were dreadnaught ends added when converted to steel sides?
I would like to build this car with wood sides and ends & with braced steel ends. But did that type construction exist in 1947?
