On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 01:36 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote:

Now we know how farmers got those old box cars home to use as storage sheds. :-)

Note that the boxcar has neither body bolsters nor center sills, likely no underframe at all. The CB&Q bodies I've inspected locally, all sold from the shop in Aurora, had the entire underframe removed, leaving the floor intact, and had lengths of used bridge timbers fitted between the side sills for support. Made the car lighter to haul, wile leaving the railroad most of the scrap steel.

Dennis Storzek

 

On Oct 11, 2022, at 11:37, BRIAN PAUL EHNI <bpehni@...> wrote:

Easy peasy for any house mover.

The underframe makes moving the car *heaps* easier than moving a building, unless it's something on the order of a Dymaxion deployment unit: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_deployment_unit>
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Bob, 

A really big thanks for the humor... 
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An interesting photo 

On Oct 11, 2022, at 10:23, Bob Weston via groups.io <oandle@...> wrote:

Early Intermodal?<311245581_471175545036843_1383863743662165295_n.jpg>

Tom Madden to the white courtesy phone!
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Early Intermodal?