Hello all,

I just checked the 40' boxcar (GTW 515747 / CV 54524) at the Connecticut Eastern RR Museum, on which I am repainting the markings. Currently the marking paint has faded so far that there is only a glossy number where the paint was.

Our markings are as follows:
EXW 10' 5" H 13' 7"
EW 9' 4" H 14' 3"

Which correlated as follows: (using a tape measure on the car)

Width to outside of doors: 10' 5"
Height to top of door hangers: 13' 7"
Eave Width 9'-4"
Height to peak of roof: 14'3"
(top of roof walk bracket is 14'-6" so verification of peak is approximate)

So apparently the EW is exterior width and the following H is for body height above railhead.

Hope this helps,

Rich Cizik
MoW Foreman
Ct Eastern RR Museum
Willimantic, Ct
www.cteastrrmuseum.org



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Thanks, Rich. Now I have some verifiable measurement points to check.

Stephen

> Hello all,

> I just checked the 40' boxcar (GTW 515747 /
> CV 54524) at the Connecticut Eastern RR
> Museum, on which I am repainting the
> markings. Currently the marking paint has
> faded so far that there is only a glossy
> number where the paint was.

> Our markings are as follows:
> EXW 10' 5" H 13' 7"
> EW 9' 4" H 14' 3"

> Which correlated as follows: (using a tape
> measure on the car)

> Width to outside of doors: 10' 5"
> Height to top of door hangers: 13' 7"
> Eave Width 9'-4"
> Height to peak of roof: 14'3"
> (top of roof walk bracket is 14'-6" so
> verification of peak is approximate)

> So apparently the EW is exterior width and
> the following H is for body height above
> railhead.

> Hope this helps,

> Rich Cizik
> MoW Foreman
> Ct Eastern RR Museum
> Willimantic, Ct
> www.cteastrrmuseum.org


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