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Erie Railroad Boxcars, p1 - 17
STEP 7: The Floor, Bolsters and Under Frame 75000 – 76499 Series
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I cut the pieces long so they extended over the edge of
the floor. Two pieces laid side by side create the top flange
of the channel. Once all of the pieces were in place I then
trimmed them to fit the edge of the floor. When finished
you should end up with a top flange that is 6” wide.
Four pieces of 4” x 4” stock were cut to a length of 4’.
These pieces were then centered over the 1” x 6” flange
and cemented into place. After the cement had dried, the
4” x 4” pieces were beveled at a 450 on each end. No fancy
measurements, just an educated guess at the angle.
Finally, Photo 27 is a view of part of a completed under-
frame. The stringers are 4” x 4” stock cut to fit in between
the cross bearers.
Don Hanley is the Assistant Editor
for MRH, and is interested in the
Erie Railroad, specifically the
Huntington, Indiana area during
the 1950s. Don has had numerous
articles published in Mainline
Modeler and MRH magazines
describing various structures and
rolling stock detailing projects.
STEP 7: The Floor, Bolsters and Under Frame 75000 – 76499 Series
Continued ...
27
27: The finished frame is set adjacent to one of the
car sides. This provides a good visual of how the
cross bearers line up with the door posts and the
seams on the car. Now that the floor is finished I
compared the sides with the floor to make sure that
they were all the same in length. They weren’t, which
wasn’t much of a surprise.
I took the shortest piece, one of the sides, and placed it in
my Northwest Short Line true sander. This part set the length
that all of the other pieces would be sanded down to. This is
a necessary step to make sure that the cars will be square and
all of the parts line up once the cast pieces are put together.
This ends part 1. In part 2, I finish up the process by discuss-
ing how to do the different car roofs and ends. Then I will go
through the casting process and the construction steps so
you can see how to build any sized fleet you want of these
Erie cars.
MRH-Apr 2013
