February 22, 2020 06:47PM
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I don't think anyone ever said the Friends or the railroad doesn't make mistakes. Been unhappy with one or two myself. But I think there should be some serious research done before calling anyone wrong. There is a lot of research done before touching any of the cars or locos.
The post that started this stated that 6205 was a idler car with rail reinforcement and that it was not correct for it to be lettered in the older style. A simple bit of looking would have proven to him that 6205 does not have rail reinforcement, was not a cut down box, stock or gon, and was built as a flat in the D&RG lettering era. It might have been used as an idler car later in its life, but in the D&RG era it was a flat.
From the earlier post:
"The cut down stock and box cars are 67XX series cars. They have the rail reinforcement. The 6200 cars do not.
There is no rail reinforcement on 6200 cars. They were built as 32' flat cars in 1918. In 1937 they were rebuilt as 36' using steel center sills and angle iron for side sills.
So they were flat cars in the D&RG era, but they did not have the steel angle side sills at that time. Probably the most correct flat to letter D&RG on the C&TS since there are no freight service 6000 flats. The C&TS had been using it as a rider gon for some time. Sure one was needed for the special trains lettered D&RG.
The 6300 cars were built as 40' flats in 1926 and had the rail reinforcement added in 1937."
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