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Memory sometimes becomes foggy with years and with misinformation. One post above suggested brake wheels came off the roof when roof walks were banned. Really, now! Roofwalks (actually running boards) starting coming off of freight cars in the mid 60s. Brake wheels had been moved from the roof to the ends of cars 15 to 20 years prior to that. Any pictures I've seen taken in the late forties and later show the brake wheels on the ends of cars. In the late 60s and early 70s the brake wheel was lowered from near the roof to the place where they can be seen on present day equipment.
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