I have the impression that the bulk of autos came out the side doors rather
than the ends, which required a siding with a ramp or platform on the
end....and shuffling of cars to unload them.
The double door cars were used for this purpose, although I personally would
not want to unload cars (which were packed into the car diagonally to
maximize the number of cars in a boxcar using "auto loaders", folding
ramp/lifting devices, some made by Evans). It would be great if a
illustrated set of instructions showing how to load and unload a car using
these devices were republished for us to see!!!
Charlie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Burkhard" <ronburk@d...>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 1:00 PM
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> There were often end doors so that cars could be loaded/unloaded from the
> end. The would be inclined on racks, much like a truck auto hauler.
> Ron
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> From: "jkohl" <jkohl@n...>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 12:32 PM
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> > Now I'm curious as to what my dad was actually referring to when he <BR>
> > talked about "outomobile cars".
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> Automobile cars were 40' or 50' box cars with double doors, to facilitate
> loading and unloading of automobiles. Many of the later ones were 50',
all
> the way up until they started using the huge auto-racks. Here are some
> photos.
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> http://www.steamfreightcars.com/gallery/boxauto/wabssauto.html
> http://www.steamfreightcars.com/modeling/models/welch/cbq12642main.html
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> I daresay that it would have been great fun trying to get a 1951 Lincoln
> in/out of one without scratching it... :)
>
> Cheers!
>
> Jan
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