Perhaps ten years ago now, a modeler who left S scale because of illness
offered a collection of wooden roof stock for sale which I purchased. There
would have been nothing unusual about this: Wooden roof stock is still around,
but among the items purchased was a curious type of overhanging freight car
roof stock.
The overhanging type roof stock would be used for single and double sheathed
box cars, stock cars, and refrigerator cars. The odd feature of the roof stock
to which I refer is its profile. Rather than rising to a peak, it rose from
the sides--as one would expect--but then flattened out at the top to
allow--apparently--for one to place the supports for the roof walk. The roof
walk would then mask the fact that the roof stock did not go to a peak. And
one could, of course, at the end mask the flat area with ends that did go to a
peak.
Anyone ever see such stuff before? It does not appear to be basswood either.
Tom
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