Does anyone know anything about the FM-10 flat cars numbered 89500-8959?
They are listed as having been built at Aurora in 1925, and the first ORER
reference I've found is April 1927 (does anyone have a 1926 ORER?)
A couple of strange things about them. They had fish-belly side sills but also
had truss rods! Isn't 1925 a bit late to be using truss rods rather than steel
underframes.
The next unusual item is that they had disappeared from the roster by 1937, a
very short life cycle for a flat car. The FM-7's built in 1907 lasted until
1947, and the FM-11's built in 1928 lasted through till 1970.
Were these perhaps rebuilds of cars built at the beginning of the century? The
FM-9's were created from stock cars, so there was a precedent for such a
conversion.
One other odd fact is their size. In 1934, they were 41' 6 3/4" long and 9' 1
1/2" wide. In 1935 (when fractions of an inch disappeared from the ORER's and
the length increased as it was now measured over deadwoods rather than end
sills) the dimensions reduced to 38' 8" platform length, 40' 10" over deadwoods
and 8' 11" wide.
Any information or suggestions would be gratefully received.
Rupert
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