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Gatwood, Elden J SAD
https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.133221.CP/viewer
PL box cars & one B&O
Elden gatwood
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Eric Hansmann
That B&O boxcar is one of the original batch of M-8 class cars built between 1897-1901. It predates the Pennsy XL cars. The photo is dated March 1913 so the B&O car has seen lots of service. By 1926, only 21 of the M-8 cars in the original number series had avoided rebuilding with steel center sills and still in-service.
Eric Hansmann
Murfreesboro, TN
On June 12, 2020 at 8:04 AM "Gatwood, Elden J SAD " <elden.j.gatwood@...> wrote:
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Charlie Vlk
All of them wrong way, left hand, southpaw doors!!!
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Charlie Vlk
On Jun 12, 2020, at 9:07 AM, Gatwood, Elden J SAD <elden.j.gatwood@...> wrote:
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Benjamin Hom
Charlie Vlk wrote: "All of them wrong way, left hand, southpaw doors!!!" Tens of thousands of left-opening door boxcars on the PRR. Maybe it's YOUR railroad with doors that open the wrong way. Ben Hom
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Eric Hansmann
The Pennsy had more left-opening boxcars on their pre-1930 roster than the total Lehigh Valley boxcar fleet.
Left-opening doors aren't a wrong way at all, just uncommon by the time most people have focused their early diesel era modeling.
Eric Hansmann
Murfreesboro, TN
n June 12, 2020 at 8:12 AM Charlie Vlk <cvlk@...> wrote:
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Charlie Vlk
Eric and all-
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It would be interesting if this was an item of discussion for standardization amongst master mechanics; either across railroads or internally. Of course there were and are plenty of sinister doors...most ventilated and double door cars have two of them! Charlie Vlk
On Jun 12, 2020, at 9:19 AM, Eric Hansmann <eric@...> wrote:
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