Re: Non-Revenue Service Cars

Posted by Keith Hayes on May 07, 2022; 6:14pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Non-Revenue-Service-Cars-tp14179p17724.html

I had not specifically made end doors for this project.

I opened up the interior sheathing between the two vertical posts above the center beams. Then I used some of the material removed from the side doors as the basis for the new door. Rails are 1x4 and stiles are 1x8. the jamb trim is 1x4 with a threshold on the front side of the siding being a 1x4 cut in half lengthwise.

So far, so good.

I guess my needle beams will lack truss rods per the discussion Doug pointed out above. I  may include some tie rods along the outside face of the center sills and terminating on either side of the buffer plates as Jim suggests.