The Erie Railroad Boxcars Part 3- 8
STEP 10A: The Ends for the 76500 – 76999 Series
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I didn’t think it was a good idea to have the ribs cemented
to the car and then try and trim them down, so I experi-
mented with one. I placed a mark 1’ in on each end. Next
I located the center of the rib. I then trimmed from the
1’ mark to approximately 2” away from the center mark
on the rib. This was done purely by eye. Satisfied with the
results, I continued with the rest of the ribs.
Studying the photo of the end of 76949, there is a 4” rib
that runs the length of the bottom. I duplicated this by
cementing a 4” x 4” across the bottom of the car. The first
major rib was located 2” above the 4” x 4”. The remain-
ing ribs were placed with 9” spacing between. There are a
total of 6 ribs on the ends of these cars.
In-between the third and forth rib a 1” x 4” rivet strip is cen-
tered. Also a 1” x 4” rivet strip is added to the top of the end.
At the top of the end, another 4” x 4” rib is placed 1’-1”
above the sixth rib. When all of the ribs were in place, I
filed the 4” x 4” ribs to match the same 3” height as the
major ribs.
STEP 10A: The Ends for the 76500 – 76999 Series
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46b
46b: The tapers along the ends were done the same
way as the previous ends. Once all of the tapers
were completed, I rounded over the edges of the
ribs with an X-Acto knife and trimmed any excess
away from the 2” line, marking the limits of the ribs.
The uncoupling bracket is located on the inside
of the poling pockets and was created as follows.
I began by marking a piece of 4” x 6” stock to
a length of 8” to mark the extreme length of the
bracket on the bottom. I then slide the stock
under the poling pocket with the trim mark barely
exposed and then cut the 4” x 6” using the sloped
edge of the poling pocket tab as the guide.
I then cemented the bracket base to the poling
pocket tab. Next I cemented a piece of 1” x 6”
styrene stock along the bottom of the poling
pocket and the uncoupling lever bracket. This
represents the bottom flange of the uncoupling
lever bracket.
The lower grabs have a small tab that they attach
to adjacent to the coupler.
MRH-Jun 2013
