I'm hoping someone can answer this for me. The question relates to the production capacity of Pullman-Standard in the production of a standard boxcar in 1942.

I am heading the restoration of Atlantic Coast Line RR Class O-25 boxcar No. 21271. The road number is confirmed. I know the car was part of order 3321, lot 5687. I also know that car 21011 was completed on 1/19/42.

If 21011 was completed on the 19th of January, is it possible that the Bessemer, AL plant could have turned out #21271 (260 cars later) before the end of the month, or would it be more likely have been completed in February? As a preliminary estimate, if you assume cars after 21011 were under construction on the 19th, it would take a production rate of about 20 cars per day to reach #21271 on the 31st of January. How realistic is that? Not to mention the fact that the USA had just entered WWII.

Thanks for your input.

Car no. 100,000 was built in December 1951. That works out to about 650 cars per month, on average.

http://southern.railfan.net/ties/1970/70-9/car.html

JAC