Until tank cars came along, liquids shipped in barrels (as did many foods)
with emptys gathered at certain points & shipped back in barrel cars -
basically flats with superstructure to keep them within confines of car. As
emptys were light, they could be stacked high.
As for furniture cars - they were used for bulkly lightweight items such as
furniture, buggys (remember this is pre-automobile), etc much like in the
1960's baby hi-cubes were used for applicances and 86' high cubes for auto
parts and the like; ie. bulky yet light loads.
The Q developed 39' furniture cars in 1890's when std box was 28 & 30'.
Remember too 100 yrs ago box cars hauled all the grain, all the bulk
chemicals (bagged), etc that later went to covered hoppers.
AT the St. Paul meet was a G scale poulty car in the model contest with a
lot of documentation as to that type of car. The only question left was
when they stopped running them, I just checked my copy of The American
Freight Car by White and says about 1960.
Gerald A. Edgar
230 W. 5th St.
Garner, IA 50438-1404
(641) 923-2573
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