Capacity of a Cattle Car

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RicZ

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Capacity of a Cattle Car

Posted by RicZ on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 12:37 PM

What would have been a standard load for a 40 ft stock car carrying cattle to market? Just wondering how many stock cars I need to position at the local pens in 1959.

RicZ

jrbernier

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January 2001
From: SE Minnesota
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Posted by jrbernier on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 1:56 PM

Rick,
I did a quick Google search and found a 1952 ATSF document. It lists 35 cattle(750 lbs), or 42 cattle(500 lbs) suggested for shipper loading.
Jim

Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin

RicZ

Member since
April 2007
229 posts

Posted by RicZ on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 2:07 PM

Sounds like I had better find some more cattle. The Walthers Cornerstone set is no longer available -even on eBay.

RicZ

PM Railfan

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January 2013
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Posted by PM Railfan on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 7:30 PM

Give it time Ric. Took me a year before I saw something I was looking for on EBay. But it finally got there. Thats one good thing about EBay, its the LHS that stocks everything, eventually.

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