Re: Who has pondered new-built?

Joe Weigman Wrote:
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> I really like the C&TS D&RG Passenger coach
> restorations but the fact that they replaced
> almost all original wood has confused me. Sure I
> get that a lot of the wood is too far gone but a
> small amount of it could have been recovered. With
> most of the DRHS Railcar Restorations I've worked
> on like Reefer 39, we tried to save as much
> original siding as possible by treating it in
> Linseed oil. 39 has more original wood intact
> because 3/4 of the car was kept indoors since the
> mid-1950s though (not to say it didn't have
> deteriorating wood), it is a different case if a
> car has been sitting in the weather for 50 years.

Just my opinion, but, there's a big difference between building a car for museum display, or to be moved, -maybe- a few hundred yards in the next few decades, and building one to get hauled regularly on 64 mile trips over a 10,000 ft mountain range, getting pounded by train weight, and 2 K-36s.

We -also- do some cars -just- for display, and they might only get a handful of lumber replaced (especially livestock cars).

Also, a difference between a handful of cars, and, 120 car fleet, with some cars actually being used for real MOW work.

Just different perspectives.

Partial wood replacement examples;







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