1950s era gondola floors...what material?

[doctorwayne]

Gondolas could have wood, steel, or nailable steel floors - the steel floors usually had lots of rivets holding things together, while the wood and nailable steel floors looked somewhat similar.  As far as I know, both would have been painted when new.  You can have a load in your gondola, hiding the floor from view:

 

And even many "empty" gondolas didn't have too much of their floors visible:

 

Wayne

[Rob]

Hey guys,

I'm planning on lightly weathering a 1950s era N scale Micro Trains Pennsy drop-end gondola and am wondering what the floor area sould look like...is it supposed to be metal or wood? I also have a PL&E gondola I'd like to do the same with.

Thanks,

----Rob