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Boxcar

 

PRR #71426


 

40' Postwar Boxcar - Spurred by the postwar business boom and in an effort to replace worn out equipment, North American railroads built large numbers of 40' box cars to the AAR standard designs beginning in 1945.  X43c Class details included - Number Series: 70400-71899,  1,500 cars, Built by Pressed Steel Corp, (Mt. Vernon plant), Sept 1951, 8 foot Youngstown doors, 8 rung ladders, 10 panel riveted sides,Diagonal panel roof, and R+3/4 early improved Dreadnaught ends.

 

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