I understand that the USRA single sheath boxcars were built with Murphy XLa roofs (like Tichy model). Many railroads fitted theirs later with Hutchins dry good roofs (like Westerfield and Accurail).
A major difference is that one had 14 panels, the other 17.
Is there a published drawing available of the Hutchins replacement roof?
--- In STMFC@..., "jim_mischke" <jmischke@...> wrote:
I understand that the USRA single sheath boxcars were built with Murphy XLa roofs (like Tichy model). Many railroads fitted theirs later with Hutchins dry good roofs (like Westerfield and Accurail).
A major difference is that one had 14 panels, the other 17.
Is there a published drawing available of the Hutchins replacement roof?
Just about any Car Builder's Cyclopedia from the twenties and thirties will have something on the Hutchins Dry Lading roof, although not a drawing of the whole roof. You also need to be careful if picking up the Hutchins name from railroad equipment diagrams; Hutchins also made a replacement "outside metal roof" for USRA cars that looks just like the Murphy XLA, it's shown in Fig. 737 of the 1922 CBC.
One interesting thing I notices from the ads Gene posted is some of the Hutchins "Universal" roofs lack the distinctive dimple in the curved end of the seam caps, which makes them look just like the competing Chicago-Cleveland products. Now I know why Bill Welch is coming up with references to Hutchins roofs on FGE cars that don't look like they have hutchins roofs.
