Erie Railroad Boxcars Part 3-
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.
MRH-Jun 2013
