Re: Poultry Car
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Here is what I have for Poultry car names, as taken from photos. Not all photos have readable text, and not all cars had names. Poultry Car Names
LPTC 121 San Francisco LPTC 257 Hamburg LPTC 426 Columbus LPTC 467 LPTC 475 Crow LPTC 500 Magpie LPTC 507 Chanticleer LPTC 518 Parks LPTC 666 Mudd LPTC 677 Springfield LPTC 682 Leghorns LPTC 683 Goyert & Vogel LPTC 691 Harrison LPTC 732 Plover LPTC 779 sign over name Barred Rocks LPTC 883 no name LPTC 922 Polly LPTC 1023 Geeser LPTC 1176 ? LPTC 1181 Woodrow LPTC 1241 Harris LPTC 1260 Blue Bird LPTC 1445 Prospect LPTC 1509 Hollis LPTC 1550 Traveler LPTC 1566 Long LPTC 1591 no name LPTC 1845 Palmer LPTC 2229 Kernan LPTC 2501 Livesay LPTC 4001 Sample LPTC 4002 Speedy LPTC ?238 Legion LPTC Tango LPTC Clay LPTC EGG
PPKX 683 Berkner Bros PPKX 2184 Governor PPKX 5065 Meierfeld PPKX 5131 Stentz PPKX 5195 Parks PPKX 5299 Lloyd PPKX 5366 PPKX 5500 Keller PPKX 5559 Ramsey PPKX 5568 car at St Louis PPKX 6834 Cluck
NHX 6000 BARR
PWPX 100 Pacific Wholesale Poultry PWPX 200 Pacific Wholesale Poultry
PTCX created by North American in 1944 PTCX 329 Tull PTCX 333 Stanislau PTCX 366 Jaques PTCX 395 name not readable PTCX 401 no name
? 203 Trye and Co
Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Douglas Harding
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019 8:38 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Poultry Car
No this is not a one of a kind car. Some of the following comments come from Kristen Drummler’s presentation last fall at Chicagoland.
There were 2800 poultry cars in the late 20s. Combination cars were created in 1928 according to a US patent issued to Johnson. They were an attempt to compete with the ever-increasing truck traffic. The live poultry end could carry 2,500 birds, while the refrigerator end offered up to 730 cubic feet of space for dressed poultry, eggs, butter, and other perishable goods.
The 1939 ORER shows the North American Car had the following poultry cars. These were Live Poultry Transit Cars and Palace Poultry Cars which had been acquired by North American Car in 1926 for Palace Poultry Car and 1930 for Live Poultry Transit.
LPTX 399-3599 Poultry LPTX 4001-4016 Combination Live Poultry Refrigerator LPTX 4050-4078 Combination Live Poultry Refrigerator LPTX 4117-4131 Combination Live Poultry Refrigerator PPKX 3000-3999 Poultry PPKX 5003-5609 Poultry
Sample would be the name of the car. Kristen states cars were given individual names. Some were named for places, some for fowl, and others named for individuals who had made an impact on the company.
Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Edward
I see the car is also stenciled "SAMPLE" above the door.
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