Miscellaneous stamped metal ends
Although Murphy ends and variations on the Dreadnaught
theme dominated the field, several additional stamped steel
freight car ends made brief appearances. Prior to World War
I, Vulcan advertised steel ends with vertical corrugations [21
and 22]. AC&F briefly produced a one-piece steel end with a
circular pattern that was quickly nicknamed the Bullseye end
[20]. Another unconventional end was a waffle pattern that
appeared just prior to World
War II [26].
20. Van Dorn “bulls-eye”
end manufactured briefly
by AC&F.
21. Two panels of
vertical corrugations and
a center panel with a
single horizontal rib on
circa WWI car. Railroad
modeler/historian John
Nehrich dubbed this a
‘jail-house’ end.
21
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