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Joe P

August 07, 2005 09:01PM

The tie rods across the ends on the 1903 3000 series cars were kept taught by a combination door guide and queenpost casting. During the 1924 era rebuilding some cars merely had the queenpost end cutoff. Most cars had a plain door guide replace the combination casting.

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