NEB&W Guide to 7-Panel Pratt-Truss ARA-Type Single-Sheathed 40 Foot Box Cars

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Most single-sheathed box cars had the diagonals pointing toward the top of the door, the so-called Howe truss orientation. There were many many variations on this truss design.

The opposite orientation, the Pratt truss, the official one sanctioned by the ARA,

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