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RE: (erielack) Reefers #5000-5019

Can anyone come up with photos of other box/reefers (any owner) with this 
high ladder/low brakewheel arrangement?

Paul B

From: "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
Subject: RE: (erielack) Reefers  #5000-5019

Well, DANG!  After looking at this image:
http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=41988
in Photoshop and zooming in on the upper portion of the end, where there is 
no evidence of a former
high mounting, I have to concede that it appears they WERE built with low 
brakewheels.

Which makes me scratch my head about this question:  was there a ruling 
before the blt date on these
cars that required low brakewheel mounting, but did not require elimination 
of roofwalks?  It's an
odd combination that I'd not noticed before, and it's annoying to find that 
the ELHS-issued model of
these isn't as correct as I thought.  And further, that to correct it 
requires surgery of the kind I
detest most: carving off the cast-in wheel, brakewheel housing, retainer 
valve and the vertical
connections for both of those, in a location where they will not be covered 
by any added detail, so
you have to do it perfectly.  And at that point, you might as well shave off 
the ladders, end and
side, and replace those . . .8^/
 


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