Re: PC: Round roof boxcars

["Terry Link" <trlink@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Gene.Fusco -AT- Symbios.com <Gene.Fusco@Symbios.com>
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>While perusing my copy of the PC Color Guide, I stopped a gawked a bit at
>the K9 class Stock Cars.  The caption states that these cars were converted
>from box cars, and the photo shows round/rounded roofs.  Is it possible
>that X31/X32 cars were used for the K9 stock cars?
>
Just over 300 K9,K9A and K9B cars were rebuilt from X32 cars starting around
1959 and contined into the early/mid 60's.  By the end of the 50's, the X32
were considered undesirable due to their 10' interior height while at the
same time there was a shortage of stock cars, hence the rebuild.  The April
1970 equipment register shows only 22 cars lettered PC.  All PC cars were
gone by October 1972, but three lettered PRR remained.  #130010,130026 and
131033.

Terry Link
Bramalea, Ontario
TRLINK -AT- netcom.ca