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There was an article in the Eagle (written by me, with photos from Ed Hawkins and at least one that I shot, still in MoW service) on the 13 stake flatcars. They can be modified from the Red Caboose car without too much effort, since there are extra stake pockets in each kit.
At least one of these 1937-38 cars survived long enough to be painted yellow (!) by somebody’s MoW forces. I’ll try to resist the impulse to post the photo of that one.
The 50′ flats, which are really rare in the prototype world, I need to look into. Besides the MP 8100s, there were also StLB&M 8350-8399 also shown on the same diagram. I think I did one, many years ago when the Athearn car was just about the only game in town. Carving off the side brake mounting isn’t that difficult, either.
The diagram for this car is silent on the number of stake pockets.
RG7
