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[quote user="dstarr"] What kind of rail car was used to transport pulp wood to the New England paper mills back in the 1950's?  Gondola's ? Bulkhead Flats? The New England Color Guide shows some pix of pulp wood getting loaded into boxcars, either plain boxcars or boxcars with the roof torched off.  Most of the bulkhead flat models or photos show a really long flat, 60 foot or more, which seems a little too modern for the 1950's.  The boxcar option doesn't excite me, they just look like boxcars, I'm interested in a load that looks like pulpwood going to a mill.  The "Torch the roof off and load the pulpwood" car seems sorta crude, but do able.  <div style="clear:both;"> </div> [/quote] Dstarr MEC in Color Vol 2 (or whichever one is the green one) has photos of pulpwood being unloaded/loaded in 41' Gons and box cars.  I have read about and seen photos of specialty roofless "box cars" used for pulpwoood loading.  I am in the process of moving, but when I finish I will dig through my B&M and MEC books for photos of pulpwood operation.  I agree with your supposition that 60' bulkhead flats and specialty pulpwood cars are too new for your 50s era layout.  I would assume that you are looking for pulpwood operations in Maine or New Hampshire on MEC, BM or both based on your profile photo and physical location.
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