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Re: BoxCar - v2
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:38:36 GMT
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Jason,
I believe they are walkways so train workers can walk on top of the car
without tripping over the ribs. This is not apparent from the angle of
the pictures.
Bruce
On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 01:03 PM, Jason Spears wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Stefan Garcia writes:
> > In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Spears writes:
> > > http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/491
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> > Looks nice Jason. The ribbing on the sides is nice. What's the bar
> > on the
> > roof for though? A nice touch mind you, I've just never seen that on
> > a
> > boxcar.
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> Glad you like it. I think that bar is there for structural integrity.
> But I
> guess I could be wrong. Here are some pics with similar features:
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> http://www.master-creations.com/419.htm
> http://eldora.net/lyndon/propst/boxcar1018.html
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> -Jason
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> Jason Spears
> MichLUG - http://www.michlug.org/
> My MOCpage - http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/69
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| They are indeed catwalks, though they're not single rails. They're boards. I believe they disappeared around 1960 or so. At the least, modern boxcars don't have them. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Glad you like it. I think that bar is there for structural integrity. But I guess I could be wrong. Here are some pics with similar features: (URL) Spears MichLUG - (URL) MOCpage - (URL) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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