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Dave Fencl

April 15, 2003 08:24PM

I believe what you may be viewing is wood added between the center sills to provide additional nailing area for the fixed center floor. The wood may have been added as a quick repair when the original nailers that sit on the main sills and between the steel ribs deteriorated. I do not think the wood would have been needed for structural support on any of the drop bottom gons that have the wood sills reinforced with car length pieces of C-channel steel. I am not sure how many cars were not reinforced with steel when the D&RGW rebuilt the cars in the mid 20's.

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Drop Bottom Gondola Support	Mike Trent	April 14, 2003 06:05PM
Good Report Mike...	Kevin Cook	April 15, 2003 08:46AM
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Re: Correction	Mike Trent	April 15, 2003 01:55PM
Re: Drop Bottom Gondola Support	Dave Fencl	April 15, 2003 08:24PM
Re: Drop Bottom Gondola Support	Mike Trent	April 18, 2003 07:43PM

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