12-04-2017, 09:50 AM
Matt, the construction of the Southern Su car is shown in this thread...
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....partway down page four. Many of those cars had their archbar trucks replaced before the 1941 ban, although that date was revised to 1953, after the U.S. entered WWII.
According to Ted Culotta's Steam Era Freight Cars Reference Manual, Vol. I, the Erie had 6500 36' Fowler boxcars. However, by the close of the '40s, only a handful remained.
Wayne
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....partway down page four. Many of those cars had their archbar trucks replaced before the 1941 ban, although that date was revised to 1953, after the U.S. entered WWII.
According to Ted Culotta's Steam Era Freight Cars Reference Manual, Vol. I, the Erie had 6500 36' Fowler boxcars. However, by the close of the '40s, only a handful remained.
Wayne