New 86' Box Car?
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 6:18 pm
This is a Jason Asselin video of E&LS. Go to the 5"30"' mark. Is that a relatively new 86' box car? I've seen that type of end-bracing on 50' and 60' cars but never on an 86'.
DaveO wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:39 amCSX has this useful chart https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/customers ... ormat=true
The 60 foot car door is 10-12 feet wide.
The 86 foot car door is 20 foot wide.
The relative proportions of the door width to car length is such that by itself, the 60 foot car seems to be an 86 foot car.
At least in IMHO.
DaveO et al, I'm really interested in hearing the details of why the auto industry needed 86' box cars and now they don't. I have some suspicions that it is based on just in time manufacturing and distribution vs warehousing inventory. But that is just a hunch I have. Could you or someone shed some more light on this for me.DaveO wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:20 pmAARR, if you get a good road number, then search for it.
In this case http://www.rrpicturearchives.net has quite a few pictures of those DWC series boxcars.
The length is stated as 60 foot 9 inches, not 86 foot.
Due to changes in how the auto industry works, the need for 86 foot boxcars is nearing zero.