[CBQ] Re: Palace stock cars

["handstjoe_fan" <sloanfamily123@gmail.com>]

Archie,  Been following this discussion with interest and curiosity...If you 
can believe Wikipedia  there is a discussion about "stock cars" at 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_car_(rail).

John

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, archie hayden <klinerarch@...> wrote:
>
> Makes you wonder if Pullman was involved, didn't they use the Palace  
> terminology?  Palace cars for hogs and cattle might have been somewhat  
> politically incorrect.  I have more of these Master Mechanic  
> directives and will try to post them from time to time.  Some of them  
> pertain to disposition of locomotives as well as alterations.  These  
> files cover the period from 1913 to 1915.
> On Dec 14, 2012, at 12:04 AM, Kenneth Martin wrote:
> 
> > Archie,
> >
> > Thanks for the copy of the directive, You have to wonder what the  
> > "objection" was, but at least it gives a date for removal of the  
> > lettering.
> >
> > Ken Martin
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 13, 2012, at 7:36 PM, archie hayden wrote:
> >
> >> Hol and list,  These Palace Stock cars were around until about 1914  
> >> when the Master Mechanic bulletin directed shops to do away with  
> >> the terminology.  I have that directive and will try to attach it  
> >> if my scanner cooperates.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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