Is there any specific ordering of freight car types in a typical mixed consist? From what I see from films of the 1950's reefers are usually first and tank cars follow then its mixed up after that.
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20centuryhudson posted:Is there any specific ordering of freight car types in a typical mixed consist?
Generally it depended on the blocking of the train, i.e. which blocks of cars might be set-out or interchanged enroll first. Many time that was why reefers were at the headend of mixed freight trains. Plus, there was a general effort to have the heaviest loaded cars towards the headend of a train, if practical.
From what I see from films of the 1950's reefers are usually first and tank cars follow then its mixed up after that.
