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In The American Railroad Freight Car by John White, I see several drawings of boxcars with 1” dia. truss rods, and nothing smaller.  Some are 1-1/8” dia. and 1-3/8” dia.  There is quite a bit of variation in the overall design of truss rods.  They don’t all use turnbuckles, and there is some variation in the turnbuckles themselves.  The abovementioned book is an excellent reference on early freight cars with lots of wonderful drawings.  There were some really handsome freight cars in that era, and some highly specialized cars for cargo that is not carried by rail today.
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