Re: Re:RE: (erielack) DL&W info, please

["Chuck Yungkurth" <raildata_@_comcast.net>]

I don't ever recall seeing any DL&W refreigerator cars with truss rods. 
Reading the diagram from Taber it says the 1908 cars were built with steel 
underframes.

If the diagram came from the railroad it is almost always correct.

Chuck Y
Boulder CO
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janet & Randy Brown" <jananran_@_mymailstation.com>
To: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 3:17 PM
Subject: Re:RE: (erielack) DL&W info, please


> Diagrams can be misleading.  Wooden a wooden car need truss rods?  Do they 
> show?  If so, why wood a steel underframed car need them?  Or was it 
> rebuilt between diagram and photo?  Could wooden, truss-rodded cars be 
> used in non-interchange service after being outlawed for interchange?  If 
> so, where in the train would they be carried -- just in front of the 
> caboose?
>
> Randy Brown
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Well, now, THAT's interesting.  Sure does appear to be a Steel Underframed 
> car!!
>
> That's probably a cryptic remark to the rest of the list, but Ron and I 
> have been discussing these. The diagram in Taber 20th Vol 2 shows a wooden 
> car.
>
> SGL
>
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