----- Original Message -----
From: "Wagner, Hol
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 6:19 AM
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Non-livestock stock cars
> Norm: Please forward to the list. Hol
>
> Rupert:
>
> Stock cars were commonly used to carry coal -- mine run and lump varieties
> that were large enough not to fall through the slats.
>
> Hol
> > ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rupert and Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
> To: <CBQ@YahooGroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:16 AM
> Subject: [CBQ] Non-livestock stock cars
>> > Listers
> > In ORER's between about 1913 and 1917, some of the old 34' stock cars
> (the remains of various single- and double-deck groups built by Pullman,
> Wells & French, etc. between about 1887 and 1892) are noted "Not to be
used
> for live stock loading", presumably because they were no longer fit for
the
> job.
> >
> > These cars were listed in the revenue section as opposed to being
numbered
> for company service. Other old stock cars of the period were shown as
> having roof doors for loading coke, but not these ones. If they could not
> be used for live stock, does anyone have any suggestions what they might
> have been used for?
> >
> > Rupert
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