Lumber doors on boxcars?

[MasonJar]

In the same time period, many automobile cars, both 40'- and 50'-ers were fitted with end doors. Wabash was still running 21 such 40' single sheathed wood boxcars in 1964. Their side double-doors had been sealed, leaving only the end doors operable, and the cars were placed in pipe service to the Alcoa Aluminum plant in Lafayette, Indiana.

Wayne

Here's a picture of the business end of an auto boxcar (A end).

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Andrew