A reference for freight operations 1950 - 1960 and stock car operations in particular.
http://www.atsfrr.com/resource...r/Clinics/Stk/01.htm
the percentage make-up of the car fleet of the PRR in 1950 in comparison to the table in the attached reference is:
Boxcars 73
Hopper cars 92
gondolas 43
flat cars 4
stock cars 2 +.
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Charlie
That's some pretty cool information, thanks for sharing.
James
Very interesting...neither the Rio Grande nor MoPac are listed as big players, but the Q and the Rock Island are. As noted, many photos of narrow gauge Rio Grande and
RGS stock trains mention moving livestock to summer or winter pasture, which does
not sound cost effective, but must have been. Nor does the idea of riding live stock
hither and yon on a train until a market can be found sound profitable.
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