marriedshades
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How do you tell if a a box car is one of 100 tonners
Just batch the wheel size with the plastic ones coming off. After a while you can tell by looking.
Chris,
You can also look at the Capacity in the reporting marks. For example, if a car has a Capy of 140000, its a 70 ton car, which would get 33" wheels. I look at it this way, which may not be completely correct. If the car's Capy is below 200000, which is 100 tons, I put on 33". If 200000, & up to 238000, 100 to 119 tons, it gets 36". A car with 238000, (IIRC) & above, it would get 38".
While I generally don't have to worry about it, because of my cutoff date, I do check the build date and the reporting marks to make sure the kit is accurate for my era. I refer to a couple of the ORER's for that data. If not accurate, I sell or give the kit away.