Hi Bob; The original USRA single sheathed cars all had the upper door track extended to the left of the door. I have not found any information as to why this was done, but generally any car built to this design under USRA control has this feature.
SHS first run or so of these cars as well as the first run of stock cars had this feature. Later runs changed the design to end the upper track at the left edge of the door. I think Don has said this was to match later cars built to the similar ARA design in the 1920s. Once the change was made, all later runs came with the short track, including road names that were USRA cars and should have the longer track. Some of the photos of my display cars show an unfinished MILW car. I swaped the roof on that model with one from a PRR stock car to get the correct longer track. Hope that helps! Pieter Roos Sent from my iPhone On Jun 11, 2011, at 2:47 PM, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: Pieter, I'm not certain if you know, but I just had to ask somebody who knows more about freight car details. Looking at your X26; notice that the upper door track runs to both sides of the door itself. I have some of my undecorated single sheathed that way, but I believe the finished models have them shortened to run only on one side--the right. Why? Great looking model btw! Bob Werre One is a detailed SHS USRA boxcar as a PRR X26. Details include a new lower door track, vertical hand brake and Carmer cut levers. Information came from the RMC series "Essential Freight Cars" and other sources. The second is an SHS NYC USRA hopper with new steps, coupler cut levers and a bracket for the air tank. Information from Mainline Modeler and Railmodel Journal articles. Pieter Roos [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
