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I enjoyed looking at all the different ore cars in this thread. One thing I noticed was the capacities ran from 40 tons to 100 ton. You would expect different size cars since the iron ore density is probably about the same for the different ores. The last builder’s photo was particular interesting. The outboard wheel sets extend halfway out from under the car. Also the angle cock was in the center of the car above the coupler. At first I thought that might be main reservoir air to assist in dumping the car, but there was no angle cock where it normally would be, so the high cock must be the brake pipe.

Good observation!   Here is a link that explains ore car wheel spacing, high location of the angle cock and the braking system used by the DM&IR:  https://www.trainorders.com/di.../read.php?11,4692483

Cheers, Dave

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