End doors, automobile and lumber doors
Lumber doors in the end of boxcars were not used for inserting
or withdrawing lumber [30]. Long pieces of lumber were loaded
through the regular side door, and poked out the lumber door as
far as needed for the opposite end to clear the jamb of the side
door. Once inside the car, the lumber was stacked in a conven-
tional manner. Unloading was accomplished in the same way.
Lumber that was too large to be jockeyed through the lumber
door was not usually loaded into box cars. Tamper-proof vents
27. Dreadnaught 4/5
ends cost $117 pair on
this 1936 rebuilt single-
sheathed boxcar.
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28. Dreadnaught 3/4
end on car built by ACF
in 1930. End panels are
joined at the peak of
corrugations rather than
between the ribs.
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Boxcar ends - 9
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