11-07-2009, 12:57 PM
The Pacific Coast Railway first boxcars were 7'-10" wide at the sills and they were built as early as 1876. The Bachmann On30 boxcar is only slightly wider in 5mm/foot, a board, than those cars. The Bachmann On30 boxcars also comes close to the Central Railroad of New Jersey standard gauge box in the 1879 Car Builder's dictionary. Those plans were drawn to 7/32/ft which is almost 5.5mm/foot.
Harold
Harold