Livestock was normally kept on the head end to keep damage down due to slack
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From: <PSHedgpeth@a...>
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Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] re: Drovers' cars
> John and list
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> That's the way it was done on the Lincoln Division as well...Livestock was
> normally kept on the head end so that it could be quickly set over for
"feed,
> water, and rest" at terminals.
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> Trains making pickups were supposed to hang onto the stock when picking up
> "dead freight" so that it could be kept first out. Drovers cars, as you
> pointed out, were normally carried right ahed of the w/c.
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> Pete
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