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I don’t believe I ever saw one, with one exception.
Boxcars went into MoW service in waves, as it were, depending on the need and as older MoW cars were retired. So the photographic evidence shows quite a few double-sheathed cars, including 36′ cars and at least one USRA car, giving way to those 1951-rebuilt steel cars with 8′-6 or so height. The 1932 cars seem to have been retired about the same time as the double-sheathed and single-sheathed boxcars, but had a higher scrap value.
I saw one 1932 car, still with its revenue number, assigned to the pile driver about 1971 or so. When I get home I can give you the number, but it was repainted into the 60″ buzzsaw scheme. Would have been a 30xxx number.
Also a rarity — I saw exactly one of the 3713 cu ft 10′-0 height T&P boxcars (Intermountain model) in work service. I should be able to get you the number of that one also, but it had an X number and not a revenue service number.
Ron Merrick
