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Boxcar, 40 Foot, Double Wood Sheathed

Vehicle - Rail - Rolling Stock (Freight) - 40 Foot Double Wood Sheathed
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NameBoxcar, 40 Foot, Double Wood Sheathed
RegionNorth America
CategoryRail
TypeRolling Stock (Freight)
SubTypeBoxcar
Variety40 Foot Double Wood Sheathed
ManufacturerVarious (Details)
EraNA Era II: Late Steam (1901 - 1938)



History: Double sheathed all-wood boxcars in 34', 36' or 40' length were built with trussrods into the 1900's. By about 1910-15 cars often were being built of wood but with steel underframes. BTW many early boxcars were only about 8-1/2' high, though taller 10' cars were beginning to be built by the WW1 era (like the USRA wood boxcar) but that didn't become the norm until the late 1930's.

Later in the 20's-30's, some cars were built with double or single sheathed woodsides but steel underframe, roof and ends. In the later 30's into the 40's some older cars built with wood except for the steel underframes were rebuilt with steel ends and roofs. Some of these cars with steel roof and ends (either new or rebuilt) lasted into the 1960's.

During WW2, steel was in short supply, so some new boxcars were built with steel roof and ends, but wood sides. These too sometimes lasted into the "diesel era", although many were rebuilt with steel sides after the war.
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Item created by: gdm on 2018-04-03 17:50:49

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