“B” End The car was built with high brake wheels and a roofwalk. — P-S photo, author’s collecti on


Southern XM Boxcar


Pullman-Standard’s Southern outside post boxcars CRAFTSMAN/James Kinkaid


In the September and October 2015 issues of Railroad Model Craftsman, we took a look at sev- eral of Pullman-Standard’s ear- ly outside-post boxcar designs. As was discussed, these boxcars were very similar except for the braking systems. As it turns out, the Southern decided to place two follow-up orders with Pullman- Standard for some cars fitted with 12-foot plug doors. These cars were generally based on the ear- lier designs, but with a number of changes, some large and some unnoticed. To begin, we start with the 15 cars built under Pullman-Stan- dard’s lot 8832 in December 1963. Numbered 9600–9614, as with the previous groups, the cars were allocated between the Southern proper and its subsid- iary roads. In this instance, cars 9600–9611 were assigned to the Southern itself and the remainder to the CNO&TP, which received appropriate stenciling up in the right-hand corner of the car. Per


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George Eichelberger’s excellent monograph, Southern Railway Equipment Drawings and Photo- graphs - Volume II, Book 1, by the Southern Railway Historical Asso- ciation, theses cars were acquired for tinplate service out of Weirton Steel based in West Virginia. Another order for 73 more cars built under lot 8870 came in Jan- uary 1964. Externally, these cars were similar to lot 8832; howev- er, inside the cars came equipped with Evans sidewall fillers and single-piece load dividers. This set was numbered 5500–5572. As with the previous orders, some major drawings were basi- cally reused, such as the end and roof arrangements. The interior was the same, with Pullman-Stan- dard’s nailable steel flooring and lading band anchors down each side. The sides were reworked to accommodate the 12-foot Camel door, and the side sheet widths changed, as may be seen in my drawings. Another little-noticed change was the lower side sill re-


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