The common theme for 1913 would be T-Trucks with rivets, early outside doors and on the the inside of the caboose and boxcars, they have 3 arch-style roof spreaders. The tank car is dated more by color than construction differences and the lumber car was basically the same from 1913 to 1915. The cattle car was cataloged in one set this year, but Rich has never found one that meets his rigid construction specs for 1913, the one pictured on this page is sort of a hybrid with what looks like a 1912 body painted on a 1913 frame.

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