I don't think any railroads owned poultry cars, though I could be wrong.
I think they all were privately owned. The Live Poultry Transit Company
(originally the Live Poultry Transportation Company) was the biggest
owner of poultry cars and had a virtual monopoly on the movement of live
birds in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1924 the Palace
Poultry Car Company was formed and began to compete with LPTX. In 1926
National Car bought PPCX and in 1930 bought LTPX.
Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, Oregon
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August 28, 2015
Rupert - Did the Q ever have any "poultry" cars to transport chickens,
turkeys and other fowl from the farm to market? Note the attached
undated image of CB&Q Class H-1 No. 1038 taken at Mount Ayr, IA. The
first car behind the tender looks like a giant chicken coop mounted on a
flat car body. Sure looks like a poultry car to me. What do you think? Best
Regards - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL