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I imagine that by the early 50's not that much had changed from the early 20's. Both movies give a view of how it was from about 1900 until the automobile, trucks and high capacity farm equipment changed it to what we have now. A horse drawn wagon hauled 40 to 60 bushels in a load, the trucks of the 70's and 80's hauled 300 or so. Now a truck load is 700 to 900 bushels on a truck. How many bushels did a 40' boxcar haul? Goodbye small elevators and small country branch lines. As agriculture changed so changed the railroads. No livestock to haul (trucks). No small elevators to service (trucks). No small towns to ship to (cars and trucks). No passengers to haul (cars). Bye Bye branch lines. A way of life is gone forever! Kirby Lambert __._,_.___ Posted by: kirby@prospectortech.com __,_._,___ |