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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by nbrodar [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by BXCARMIKE Paper. the large rolls used in printing gets shipped by rail (sometimes), I believe beer, wine and canned goods would be in insulated cars. You're modeling modern era so most boxcars would be the 60 foot kind, I'm not sure if thre are any fifty footers left. [/quote] Actually, that's not true. There are far more 50' boxes running around, then 60' boxes. Outside of areas with heavy auto-parts traffic, (at least on the east coast) 60' and 89' boxes are rare, and 50' boxes dominate. Nick [/quote]I had not really noticed,but I see you're right, would it be safe to say the 50 footer is the standard size of today? Most trains going by here are stacks,open and covered hoppers, gons, tankcars, and boxcars, and I never checked their size.
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