BAR 61000-61599, 40' Pratt-truss single-sheathed boxcars, had trucks 5' from the "car ends", per Sweetland and Horsey's Northern New England Color Guide (Morning Sun), p 10. They contrast this distanc

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Tim Gilbert wrote: "According to their class card diagram, all cars in B&M's #71000-72999 series including 1,975 single sheathed with Pratt Trusses, and 25 steel sheathed had distances between truck c

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Mark Heiden wrote: Don Valentine replied: Don, The history of B&M's 1929-1930 Boxcar purchases is: 1) In late 1929/early 1930, the B&M purchased 1,000 boxcars which were numbered in the #71000-71999 s

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