On Wed, July 25, 2007 12:39 pm, Malcolm Laughlin wrote:
Posted by: "smithbf36832" DANG! That killed my pet theory, which was that the floor in the doorways had been replaced, given that that was the highest traffic area and subject to the most damage. In fact, many railroads put steel decking in the door area to help with this... ==================
What doors ? Looks like a bulkhead flat to me. Since the photo was taken from a dome car location that was obviously higher than the side of the car, wouldn't we see the sides if it was a house car.
Malcolm, I don't know of too many bulkhead flats with running boards ;^) (and side ladders are pretty rare on bulkhead flats too, now that I think about it)
