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The prototype may have a slight peak in the roof, but even on the prototype photos on the Tangent site and particularly the picture of the Tangent undecorated model, the peak is almost indistinguishable.The MT car has a peak that is obvious in photos and can be easily seen from the end on where this is not true of the prototype.I am glad that you are happy with yours.
According to my only reference, of unknown accuracy, the NP 36000-36299 were not rebuilt from PS-1s, but rather built by NP's Brainerd Shops from parts purchased from various manufacturers.The NP was famous for this. They built a lot of their boxcars from purchased parts, making it very hard to model them accurately.
This picture appears to show a car with no "rectangles" on the ends, which would be consistent with a car that was originally built in 1947-1948:
NP’s 36000-36298 series were single-sliding-door, 40-foot boxcars acquired in several delivery batches between September and December 1966, with possibly the last cars delivered early in 1967. They were originally built by Pullman Standard Car Co. for the Lehigh Valley RR in 1947 (according to Matt Herson this was the first production lot of the then-new PS-1 design).
The Railwire is not your personal army.
OK, then I will correct my reference. That won't be the first mistake in the book...