Grain Doors

[orsonroy]

Tes, the car doors were closed as well, usually with a paper "gasket" between the door frame and the grain door (look at enough period yard photos, and you'll ask yourself, "What's that paper doing around that boxcar door?" That's the grain door seal)

[HARVEN]

   Thanks to all that responded to my post about covered hoppers but now you all have opened up a new can of worms for me. I have been a city boy all my life so work with me on this. "OK" I understand the concept of the grain doors on box cars, but what I want to know is and I assume, I know you should never assume, that during shipping the fully loaded (with grain) box cars the outside doors were closed in addition to the grain doors.

                  The "HARVEN"