Gary, my model has a brass deck. The boards are .0676" wide
(about 5 7/8"). My car is equipped with Kadee #4's which is
what the model's scale width draft gear is designed for. Only
a tiny amount of filing was needed to slide in the #4. Let's
lobby Kadee for a scale head #4!!

A laser deck? Cascade made the deckless version for folks who
like to model board-by-board decks. :-)

These cars are among the nicest HO scale flat cars made -- and
have complete scale underbody detail.

Mine is equipped with Eastern Car Works Dalman trucks (but now
I suppose I'd use Tahoe trucks) and lettered w/ CDS #321 which
has exactly the right lettering for this car.

Tim O'Connor