Description
This 40’ double sheathed wood box car with 1-1/2 door, and vertical brakewheel is brown with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1923 by the Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company, this 3666 cubic foot wood sheathed door-and-a-half boxcar belonged to series 14001-14100. Used for auto parts service until the 1950s, this car’s extra door on each side helped facilitate loading and unloading bulky components.