RE: (erielack) Kadee:ELHS Exclusive

["Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>]

> The best thing about KD cars: they come with KD couplers! 
> Unlike most rtr's
> these days, which have Accumates. Does anyone know if KD has done a
> 50' box in EL?

Unfortunately, the Kadee 50' PS-1 is incorrect for the EL as-is, but the ELHS did do a custom run of EL 50' double-door cars from Intermountain Railway several years ago, which *are* correct for EL, obviously.

The biggest bugaboo with EL 40' boxcars is that the vast majority of them were rebuilt in the mid-to-late 1960s, and the most obvious sign of the rebuilding was a new straight sidesill "stiffener."  There is no boxcar on the market that is correct, out of the box, to represent the rebuilt cars. Of course, a few did escape without being rebuilt, and an even smaller group escaped without having their roofwalks removed and ladders shortened.

	- Paul

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