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A wood-sided car out in the weather is WORK. The split, rotten sheathing is just on the surface; all that rain has been running down in the walls. Once the car is resheathed [I recall that siding is available only as a custom cut job; you could also replace it with marine plywood just like B&O did in later years. ] and the rotten bracing has been replaced, the car will have to be repainted to protect all that new lumber. Then the work is just starting! If the car is to stay out in the weather, the siding will need to be repainted ABOUT YEARLY! The roof, it goes without saying, is ditto. Try to talk to somebody at B&O RR Museum or Ellicott City Museum, as they both have done just the thing you are thinking of doing. You might want to contact the B&O Historical Society to let them know what's up; they may have some interest in helping to some extent. Good luck.
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