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*''Outside Width:'' 9' 10"
 
*''Outside Width:'' 9' 10"
 
*''Height, rail to running board:'' 13' 5"
 
*''Height, rail to running board:'' 13' 5"
*''Side doors:'' 5' wide, 7' 7" high
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*''Side doors (opening):'' 5' wide, 7' 7" high
*''End Doors:'' 2' wide, 2' 10" high
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*''End Door:'' 2' wide, 2' 10" high
 
*''Capacity:'' 80,000 lbs.
 
*''Capacity:'' 80,000 lbs.
 
*''Volume:'' 2461 cubic feet
 
*''Volume:'' 2461 cubic feet

Latest revision as of 21:27, 5 August 2023


Dominion Atlantic Railway Boxcar No. 1410

This 36 foot outside braced single sheathed wooden boxcar was a Dominion Atlantic owned and lettered version of the Canadian Pacific's standard "Fowler Box car design", also known as the "Dominion Box Car". It was scrapped sometime before 1932.[1]

D.A.R. Series 1400 to 1450

Specifications:[1]

  • Inside Length: 36'
  • Inside Width: 8' 6"
  • Inside Height: 8' 8-1/2"
  • Outside Length: 37'
  • Outside Width: 9' 10"
  • Height, rail to running board: 13' 5"
  • Side doors (opening): 5' wide, 7' 7" high
  • End Door: 2' wide, 2' 10" high
  • Capacity: 80,000 lbs.
  • Volume: 2461 cubic feet

Gallery


References and Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Official Railway Equipment Register, July 1932, page 388

External Links

Ray Breyer, ACCURAIL’S NEW SHORT BOXCAR MODEL AND ITS MATCHES, PART 5: THE 1100-SERIES FOWLER BOXCARS