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The final group of cars is the 76500 – 76999 series. It appears
from the freight car diagram that American Car and Foundry
built this group of cars. This group of cars were the first to have
the tabbed sides at the bottom of the car. Also introduced at
this time was the Viking roof. This roof was also used by other
railroads and is not specific to the Erie. In addition this group of
cars grew by 1” to have an inside height of 9’-4”.
This gets us to the 76500-76999 series. This group of cars was
built to the 1932 ARA design, which introduced the standard-
ization of boxcar design. Sunshine models produced this car as
kit # 21.11. The Sunshine models are now out of production,
however they may be able to be picked up at a swap meet. I
also believe that these cars were manufactured by Atlas at one
time and may also be available at swap meets.
The last of the Erie cars with Buckeye ends and Viking roofs are
the 78000-78499 series. This group of cars has a 10’-0” interior
height and follow the ARA 1937 design. Sunshine models has
also produced these cars as a craftsman style kit. Since I have
several of them I did not bother to include making them as a
part of this article.
Erie Railroad Boxcars, p1 - 4
Erie Box Car Sides Roof Ends
Series 8'-8” IH 9'-3” / 9'-4” IH Radial Viking Dreadnaught Buckeye
75000 – 74999 x x x
75500 – 75999 x x x
76000 – 76499 x x x
76500 – 76999 x x x
6A. This matrix summarizes the sides, roof, and ends
for each series of Erie boxcar. As you produce each car
in a specific series, use this matrix to determine the
proper combination of side, roof, and end.
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