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I too have heard the side door pullman reference.  The only reference an eight-wheeler being a boxcar that I have heard is in Ishmael's post above.Here is a list of hobo/railroad slang that lists eight-wheeler. <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/folk/famoustramp/terminology.html">http://www.angelfire.com/folk/famoustramp/terminology.html</a>It defines it thus:Eight-wheeler - A box-car burglar, one who robs trains while in transit or while unguarded in a yard or station. A locomotive with eight wheels. Source: American Tramp and Underworld Slang.I notice it does not make a distinction between drivers and other wheels, so apparently it is the well-used definition of a 4-4-0 or American Standard type.  The boxcar burglar definition seems to tie it to a boxcar, but I don't get the burglar connection to the term.
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