Eastern Railroad Discussion > DTTX rebuilds

I have pictures of DTTX 5-unit 40-ft well cars with smooth sides, and DTTX cars with welds running from bottom to top at each end of the well. Is this weld an indicator of the 48-ft well cars that TTX rebuilt into 40-ft cars?

Here is a picture of DTTX 742224 A unit showing the weld I'm talking about on the left side of the picture.

Thanks for the help.

Jimmie Fisher
Oriental, NC
Flickr

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Yes...the heavy vertical weld beads on the ends are one giveaway that it's a Gunderson Maxi-Stack III rebuilt into the "Shorty-40" configuration.

PE

Jimmie Wrote:
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> I have pictures of DTTX 5-unit 40-ft well cars
> with smooth sides, and DTTX cars with welds
> running from bottom to top at each end of the
> well. Is this weld an indicator of the 48-ft well
> cars that TTX rebuilt into 40-ft cars?
>
> Here is a picture of DTTX 742224 A unit showing
> the weld I'm talking about on the left side of the
> picture.
>
> Thanks for the help.

Thanks, PE.

SP_8299 Wrote:
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> Yes...the heavy vertical weld beads on the ends
> are one giveaway that it's a Gunderson Maxi-Stack
> III rebuilt into the "Shorty-40" configuration.
>
> PE

Jimmie Fisher
Oriental, NC
Flickr