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Old work train car

Unknown Ghost Town in Severn, Ontario

Apr 29 2012

rnagle
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West end of car. Large door in end interesting and somewhat unusual. Appears to have been done when car converted to work train service which would have been long before it was set on the ground as a shed.
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Windows added when car converted to work train service long ago. Nature now taking it over.
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Wood planks along roof were walkway (known as roofwalk) to provide access along top of train for brakemen. Overhang beyond end of car kept gap between roofwalks on adjacent cars as small as possible.
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Corner brace.
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Round bar grab irons provided access to roof at opposite corners of car.
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East end of car again showing grab iron ladder to roof.
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Roofwalk projection at east end of car.
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Looking west along roof.
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Coal stove smokestack base.
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Mix of wood and steel side bracing. This style of boxcar construction known as double sheated as there is a layer of wood sheating boards on either side of side bracing. Some boxcars were built with wood sheating on inside only leaving bracing visible on outside of car.
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Coupler still in place, west end of car.
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Weathered wood and rusted iron.......enough texture & colours to keep one busy for hours!
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Looking in through large door in west end.
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Small door in east end for passage between cars.
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Location of smokestack.
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