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The records that would tell how successful this program was apparently no longer exist, as White — backed by the resources of the Smithsonian Institution — was unable to find them.

But this was a revolutionary concept, and revolutionary concepts didn ’ t seem to go over very well in the car building industry.

Every railway seemed to have its own idea of car design, and ready-made cars would necessarily be of Ohio Falls ’ design.

“ Standardization ,” as such, was 50 years off.