QUOTE: Originally posted by BXCARMIKE older 40 and 50 foot boxcars use 33" wheels,also flats, older hoppers, covered hoppers, gondolas and tank cars,newer covered hoppers, heavier boxcars and tank cars use 36"wheels,ribbed back wheels were outlawed in late fifties for interchange service.
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