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Re: BoxCar - v2
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:16:16 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Stefan Garcia writes:
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.

In lugnet.trains, Bruce S. Chamberlain writes:
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.

On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 01:03  PM, Jason Spears wrote:
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/491

Hmm.... Well then.  I guess my ignorance of trains comes out.  Eek!  :p  So
I guess I will have to resort to calling that bar a random detail.  It's
greebles gosh darnit.  (Trains can have greebles, right?)

Thanks for the info guys.  :)

-Jason
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  Re: BoxCar - v2
 
Maybe if you eliminate the 2x2 light-gray plates underneath the roof tiles (and the clips and stiff tubing), you could achieve the same walkway effect as in the example photos. Nice cars! Mark "Jason Spears" <spearjr@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: BoxCar - v2
 
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- (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)

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