My Dad bought several of the LWS boxcar kits, and I have one of the Hoquat GN 
kits as well.

The two types of ends were a rather flat version of the Improved Dreadnought 
End and what I took to be an attempt at a USRA type Murphy ribbed end, but with 
a 3/3/3 rib pattern rather than the correct 5/5/5 ribs. While the latter end 
might be a bit similar to an early welded PS boxcar (PS-0), I think the ribs 
are way to thin, as well as falling short of the edges of the end (the PS ribs 
wrap at around the edge). I also suspect the "PS-0" had two panels rather than 
three. That said, it is no worse for the "PS-0" than it is for the USRA Murphy!

Pieter E. Roos


--- On Mon, 5/16/11, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote:

> Tom,  Somebody was selling some
> built-up shells at the auction during 
> the NASG convention in the Portland area.
> 
> Also Jeff Wilson put LWS plastic ends in his GN double
> sheathed kit many 
> years ago.  The kit came with at least two types of
> ends.
> 
> Bob Werre
> Phototraxx.com



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