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Scott H. Haycock
 

Folks,

Were Pullman Standard's Bow Tie roofs ever applied to their riveted box cars that were built just before the PS-1 welded box cars were introduced?

Thanks,

Scott Haycock
O Fenton Wells
 

Pat Wider has a great presentation on these cars and covers them in RPC vol 1
Fenton 


On Sep 25, 2021, at 2:15 AM, Scott H. Haycock <shhaycock@...> wrote:

Folks,

Were Pullman Standard's Bow Tie roofs ever applied to their riveted box cars that were built just before the PS-1 welded box cars were introduced?

Thanks,

Scott Haycock

Tim O'Connor
 

I think the welded PS-1 was always the standard. Some railroads wanted riveted sides.

Are you asking about the pre-1950 bow tie roof, or the 1950+ bow tie roof? Both are now
available from Tangent as detail parts.

Tim O'Connor

On 9/25/2021 2:15 AM, Scott H. Haycock wrote:
Folks,

Were Pullman Standard's Bow Tie roofs ever applied to their riveted box cars that were built just before the PS-1 welded box cars were introduced?

Thanks,

Scott Haycock
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*Tim O'Connor*
*Sterling, Massachusetts*
Ed Hawkins
 



On Sep 25, 2021, at 1:15 AM, Scott H. Haycock <shhaycock@...> wrote:

Were Pullman Standard's Bow Tie roofs ever applied to their riveted box cars that were built just before the PS-1 welded box cars were introduced?

Scott,
Short answer is no. Prior to production of the earliest PS-1 box cars in June 1947, earlier riveted-side box cars built by Pullman-Standard to AAR designs used a variety of roofs to include Murphy, Viking, and various versions of flat-panel riveted roofs.

Hope this helps.
Regards,
Ed Hawkins
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