[RITSlist] Piggy-Back car question

[David Engle]

This pertains to the War Emergency Gondola cars 93700-93949 converted for 1960's piggyback service as shown on pages 86 and 87 of Steve Hile's book.

Did ALL of the cars have the two cutouts in the side framing for access to the trailers only on the same side that had the handbrake ratchet, and when you look at that side, the ratchet was on the end to your right? 

Did ALL of the cars have the trailer hitch positioned so that a trailer on the car faced the brake-ratchet end of the car? (usually called the "B" end?   Was there a particular standard distance from the end of the car to this hitch, say the point where the trailer kingpin was distance X from the end of the car in the hitch raised position.  

DJE
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