T&P tool car X702

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  • July 25, 2015 at 5:27 pm #5418
    anonymous
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    Does anyone have any information on this car? It is a length of T&P box car I have not seen before. It has a height like a 30 ton box car but is very long and is wood sheathed with a fish belly frame. I wonder if it might be a converted old passenger car? It is unusual for work cars to carry a diamond herald when it appears the relettering paint, car paint and herald all seem to match in age.

    July 26, 2015 at 1:36 am #6884
    Charles Duckworth
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    Tom
    Very interesting car. I have a T&P MoW diagram book but this car wasn’t in it. Any idea of the length, thought initially it might be an ex- express reefer, but I think it’s too long. You might be right on it being a former passenger car.

    July 27, 2015 at 3:45 pm #6899
    Richard Ryker
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    I think we are looking at a distorted photograph. Either the photo was taken with a wide angle lens or a file that was digitized has become elongated and has distorted the apparent length of the car. I believe the car is a standard wood double-sheath 40′ box car.

    I resized the photo in PhotoShop and it appears “normal”, but when I post the photo to this BB it becomes distorted again. I also tried posting the photo to the discussion group, but again it was distorted.

    Aha!! I opened the file again in PhotoSop and had the message, “This file was created to be viewed on a television monitor” So there is substantial distortion in the image.

    Dick Ryker

    July 27, 2015 at 3:50 pm #6900
    Richard Ryker
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    Finally some success with a minimally distorted image!

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    Dick Ryker

    July 27, 2015 at 8:15 pm #6898
    Charles Duckworth
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    Dick
    Thanks for the modified photo. The original image was certainly throwing me off.

    July 27, 2015 at 11:32 pm #6901
    anonymous
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    It still looks pretty long to me.

    July 28, 2015 at 1:49 am #6902
    Charles Duckworth
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    Pat
    How’s this? It’s amazing what Photoshop can do..

    [attachment=0:1o3xxj4g]T&PMoWBoxcarModified.jpg[/attachment:1o3xxj4g]

    July 29, 2015 at 12:06 am #6921
    anonymous
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    I think a 50′ double sheathed wood boxcar is a pretty neat thing no matter what, real or not real. Maybe an Accurail Kitbash!

    October 15, 2015 at 3:04 pm #7344
    Charles Duckworth
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    More shots from Tom Stamey of the long maintenance of way cars. Photos by Dick Kuelbs. Maybe someone can fill in the length of these cars and their origin.

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    October 30, 2015 at 3:42 am #7410
    Bill Pollard
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    I do not think the original shot of X-702 was distorted – the cars were indeed that long. One still survives at a Bed & Breakfast in Jefferson, TX, a slight distance west of downtown (between downtown and US-59). The last time I saw it, it was still on trucks and a section of track, being used as an annex for a B&B or something similar. The window arrangement has been modified for the current use, but the car length, roof contour, etc., is unchanged.

    Bill Pollard

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