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Wood 34' Double Sheath Box Car

One of the DAR's fleet of 34 foot wooden boxcars primarily used to transport apples.

D.A.R. Series 1260 to 1276

  • Builder: Rhodes Curry & Co.
  • Date:
  • Inside Length: 34' 6"[1]
  • Inside Width: 8' 4"[1]
  • Inside Height: 7' 10"[1]
  • Outside Length: 35' 6"[1]
  • Outside Width: 9' 11"[1]
  • Height, rail to running board: 13' 6"[1]
  • Side doors: 5' 6" wide, 7' 8" high[1]
  • Tare: 36000 lbs.[2]
  • Capacity: 60,000 lbs.[1]
  • Volume: 2252 cubic feet[1]


References and Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Official Railway Equipment Register, July 1932
  2. Rhodes Curry, Builder's Photo, notes on back of photo