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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR The Evans Products Company that built the LUs was probably not the Evans company that hauled lumber in them. Evans, by the way, made LU cars of both styles--four plug doors and Side-Sliders.[/quote] Carl, Thanks so much for the information on the two types of Evans Products cars. I've always been so interested in lumbering and logging so this was all new to me. I just always assumed that Thrall had an exclusive on these types of cars. Have Hanfts book on the McCloud River Railroad where he writes about Flake Willis and this new idea. [quote]QUOTE: As for your "tally post", Jim, the NOKL cars came later--they were mostly ex-LOAM, at that point. The Weyerhaeuser cars were owned by North American Car Corporation--they were lettered LUNX, but North American also had LU cars under two or three other reporting marks (NADX, BCFX, CFPX, I think).[/quote] When I was looking at my few photos of these LU style box cars and found the one on the hump, I noticed the NOKL which looked like it was painted over a former reporting mark, then just looked through the ORER and found the LOAM cars with those number series. Thanks for the confirmation. [quote]QUOTE: The U.S. Plywood cars (PLYX), among the oldest large fleets around, were already gone by 1981, having been converted to standard McCloud River box cars, as shown on the link referenced early in this thread.[/quote] One of the photos on Jeff's McCloud page is mine, its the one with all the doors lying in the dirt. Again, thanks. I think this would make a nice article, wish I'd been into rolling stock back 25 years ago! Jim
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