12-03-2017, 11:20 PM
There were still lots of 36' Fowler boxcars in service in the '50s, especially in Canada, as they were the preferred car for shipping grain from light-rail branches in western Canada. However, they were single sheathed cars.
The Southern had a large fleet (about 15,000) of Su-class 36' double sheathed boxcars. They were built in the mid-'20s, and began to be scrapped in the early-to-mid '50s. They were built with truss rods and steel underframes, and would have originally been riding on archbar trucks. The latter would have had to have been replaced in 1953.
Here's a model of an Su boxcar...
Similarly, Southern, Seaboard, Atlantic Coast Line, and Florida East Coast all had extensive rosters of 36' double sheathed ventilated boxcars for shipping produce, and I'm sure they would've lasted at least until the mid '50s. Here's a Seaboard "watermelon car"...
Wayne
The Southern had a large fleet (about 15,000) of Su-class 36' double sheathed boxcars. They were built in the mid-'20s, and began to be scrapped in the early-to-mid '50s. They were built with truss rods and steel underframes, and would have originally been riding on archbar trucks. The latter would have had to have been replaced in 1953.
Here's a model of an Su boxcar...
Similarly, Southern, Seaboard, Atlantic Coast Line, and Florida East Coast all had extensive rosters of 36' double sheathed ventilated boxcars for shipping produce, and I'm sure they would've lasted at least until the mid '50s. Here's a Seaboard "watermelon car"...
Wayne