Stock Car Question
Steve Vallee
Dear Group...
While looking through the June, 1954 issue of Railroad Magazine, on page 61, I found this Q&A that I wanted to share with the Group:
Q)...Approximately how many farm animals can be loaded into one stock car?
A)...That depends upon the size of the car and the kind of animal. Generally a standard 36-foot stock car holds 18 to 25 horses, 25 to 30 medium-weight beef cattle, 60 to 65 market weight hogs, or 110 to 120 fat lambs per deck of the car.
Hope this information is helpful to the Group.
Steve Vallee
While looking through the June, 1954 issue of Railroad Magazine, on page 61, I found this Q&A that I wanted to share with the Group:
Q)...Approximately how many farm animals can be loaded into one stock car?
A)...That depends upon the size of the car and the kind of animal. Generally a standard 36-foot stock car holds 18 to 25 horses, 25 to 30 medium-weight beef cattle, 60 to 65 market weight hogs, or 110 to 120 fat lambs per deck of the car.
Hope this information is helpful to the Group.
Steve Vallee