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Hi,

The following history is from a few sources:

Numbers number built car capacity number type comment
in class length of wheels
#1-54 54 1871 17' 10,700# 4-wheel flat const.
501-602 101 1871 14' 9,500# 4-wheel flat/gon revenue
1001-1009 9 1871 14' 9,500# 4-wheel box revenue
2001-2166 166 1871 22' 8-ton 2-truck box
1501-1575 75 1872 23' 7" 8-ton 2-truck flat/gon
1576-1711 136 1873 26' ? 2-truck flat
5004, 5007 30 1873 23' 7" 8-ton 2-truck stock
5009, 5021-47

1887 renumbering
6947-6949 68 8-ton flat
7302-7419
7936 7 8-ton gon
7302-7419

1903 renumbering
? 27 8-ton box
5022, 5028 40 8-ton stock
5030, 5032
7434 1 8-ton flat
6947-6949 6 8-ton gon
7302-7419

To answer the question that no one found is that there were never any 17' box cars yet my plans show a 17' box car. OOPPPPSSSS.....

Doug vV