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Howard Branch: Moline: Box Car

This old wood truss rod box car is on the ground at Moline. I hope some of the ATSF freight car pros can identify it for us. If you want to see the car for youself, it is at Kansas 99 and 5 RD, 1/2 mile south of the US 160 intersection with Kansas 99.

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B end view. Notice the small door which slides up and down. This matches the Bx-M and Bx-P cars shown in the ATSF Box car book, however they did not have a door on both ends. The Bx-K had vertically sliding doors on both ends.
This is the right end (A). It also has a door, but it slides horizontally. This style was commonly called a "lumber" door.
The underbody. This view shows no sign of a steel center sill. This rules out the Bx-W - Bx-Z classes, along with a number of others.
The interior, looking to the "B" end.

 

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