Our Mont Switzer has had another excellent article published; this time in the September 2017 NMRA Magazine. Great article and photos as usual. His topic was repairing a Monon forty foot boxcar built in 1947. 328 of the 500 built had roof hatches installed by Shops during a rebuild just before the merger with the L&N which I assume was for grain loading. I've seen numerous photos of boxcars loaded with grain. My question: just how clean/sanitary were the interiors of the cars? A quick sweep with a broom doesn't seem adequate to me. And if the floors were wood, how would you really clean them and keep the grain from escaping between the boards?
Nice job, Mont!
