USRA Double-sheathed #128522; Springfield MO 3-7-1935. Photo from Frisco Museum's All Aboard magazine.
SLSF boxcar Series 127000-130519 being rebuilt USRA Double-sheathed boxcar Series 127000-130519 being rebuilt. Springfield, MO 2-23-1935. From Frisco Museum's All Aboard magazine.
USRA Double-sheathed rebuilds USRA Double-sheathed rebuilds; steel side panels being applied. Springfield, MO 2-23-1935. Photo from Frisco Museum's All Aboard magazine.
SLSF 129534 USRA Rebuild USRA Double-sheathed steel-side rebuilt #129534; Springfield MO 3-7-1935. Photo from Frisco's Museum All Aboard Magazine
Hullo I am new on this forum and mainly joined to find information about the Frisco's freight cars, specifically their interesting rebuilds. I am aware that the USRA DS rebuilds only gained an inch in IH, but did they gain any width in the rebuilding process? regards, Ben
Ben - First, welcome to the group. You may very well be the first TT-Scale modeler at frisco.org. At any rate, if I would have to guess, I would say "No," the USRA Double-sheathed rebuilds did not gain any width. The ends were the same, but with steel sides instead of wooden sides, there may have been an increase in the width. If someone here doesn't confirm before I can, I will look either in my 1943 ORER, or see if I can find scanned copies in the old Frisco Modeler's Information Group Newsletters. Best Regards,
Update: FMIG Newsletter #26 does have the 1940 ORER for the Frisco and QA&P (provided by Ray Bullock). However, I can not make out the print. It looks like maybe the width may have increased, but I can't tell for certain from the notes. I'll try to remermber to look up tonight in my later copy. Best Regards,
http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/gallery/boxauto/slsf128209main.html I looked at the Frisco Car diagrams book, but I can't quite make it out. It doesn't look like they got much wider, if at all: http://www.frisco.org/vb/showthread.php?5672-Freight-Car-Diagram-Book-1907-1966
Ben - Upon further review... The 1943 ORER shows the 127000-130499 "XM" class with the following, as-built inside dimensions, in feet and inches: I/L: 40' 6" I/W: 8' 6 I/H: 8' 11 However, by 1943, 128522 as rebuilt, along with 129534, showed the following: I/W: 8' 9" I/H: 9' 0" No change listed to the inside length. Conclusion: the rebuilds did entail a very slight increase in both inside width and inside height.
