This car is on the to be scrapped list due the heavy deterioration. lettered for lessee Morris Rifkin & Son. (Update: A recent article in IRM's Magazine (Rail & Wire Issue 247 page 34, 35) indicates this car may yet be saved. According to Tom Schneider's article, "The estimated cost to restore 5348 is $30,000. This is for new siding and ends of Douglas fir, steel channels and angles, nails, screws, bolts, rivets, painting and lettering." |