Re: Stock car decks

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Garth Groff <ggg9y@...> #31244 Marty, Not so on the WP. Many, though not all, of the WP's double-deck stock cars (Harriman S-40-8 clones) were assigned to Salt Lake City hog service. Some single-deck cars were also used in this service, but double-deck cars were predominant according to Jim Eager's WESTERN PACIFIC COLOR GUIDE TO FREIGHT AND PASSENGER EQUIPMENT (Scotch Plains, N.J., Morning Sun Books, Inc.: 2001). Kind regards, Garth G. Groff Marty McGuirk wrote: toggle quoted message Show quoted text Andy Miller wrote: "I sometimes wonder why PETA doesn't complain about double deck cars. I cannot think of a worse fate (even for pigs) than being on the lower deck!!" My understanding is that pigs were not shipped in double-decked cars, or at least if they were the pigs were kept on the single deck. I've heard the animals didn't "like" being in a double-deck car -- the pigs on the lower deck would get stressed by the fact that their cousins were up above them. I've also heard that adult pigs were really too much weight for the upper deck. Most double-deck stock cars I know of were used to haul sheep on two decks. I guess that means we need a "sheep" sound unit for the new stock car, hey??? Marty Yahoo! Groups Links
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