Gents
Thanks for your responses. Three points of interest about these cars -
1. As some of these stock cars were restricted to non-stock loading for at
least 4 years (1913 onwards and possibly earlier), one wonders why they weren't
equipped with roof doors (or partial roof removal) to facilitate loading.
2. It is also surprising that some of them survived so long after being judged
unsuitable for stock, and used for coal, etc.
3. Some of the cars were still shown as being double deck, and loading and
unloading such cars would be slightly more difficult. Any quick, witty
comments about possible uses for double deck cars?
The 10 stock cars that were listed as having roof doors for coke were class
SM-8's built in 1907, but were shown as early as November 1909 as having the
doors. One wonders why just 10 almost new cars were so altered when there were
plenty of older stock cars available, or gondolas. The SM-8's had a capacity
of 2086 cu. feet and 50 tons (reduced to 40 tons by 1914) compared to just over
1600 cu. ft and 100 tons for the 40' steel gondolas of the same period, so the
cubic capacity wasn't much better. Any suggestions?
Rupert
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