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<p>[quote user="gmpullman"]</p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">Water Level Route</div> <div class="quote-content">I'm sure a customer, frustrated from having to fight to open the car, would have been more than happy to let that thing leave with an open door!</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Just give Miss Hennessy a call.</p> <p><a title="https://flic.kr/p/2aYi3eZ" href="https://flic.kr/p/2aYi3eZ" target="_blank"><img style="width:658px;height:auto;display:inline;" src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1954/44612951675_1b1c0771ab_o.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a><a title="https://flic.kr/p/2aYi3eZ" href="https://flic.kr/p/2aYi3eZ" target="_blank">XM_Door</a><a title="https://flic.kr/p/2aYi3eZ" href="https://flic.kr/p/2aYi3eZ" target="_blank"> by </a><a title="https://www.flickr.com/photos/102225238@N06/" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/102225238@N06/" target="_blank">Edmund</a><a title="https://flic.kr/p/2aYi3eZ" href="https://flic.kr/p/2aYi3eZ" target="_blank">, on Flickr</a></p> <p>I seem to remember some of the Amtrak MHCs having even bigger wheels on the doors.</p> <p>Regards, Ed</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote] Yep I remember Conrail added those to some of their boxcars back in the 80s because loading and unloading crews were damaging doors by trying to open them with forklifts. Being damaged is another reason why a boxcar door might be open while the car is moving. </p>
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