Re: The steam era, 1960
Keith Jordan <kjordan@...>
The talk about 1960 got me to thinking what had changed in the ten years
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from 1950 to 1960, so I looked up some statistics on one of my favorite subjects, SFRD reefers: In 1950, there were 2955 wood sheathed steel framed steel underframe cars 10607 all steel swing door cars 563 all steel sliding door cars 445 fifty foot ice bunker cars 1 mechanical car In 1960, there were 0 wood sheathed steel frame steel underframe cars 2101 all steel swing door cars 10172 all steel sliding door cars 390 fifty foot ice bunker cars 323 mechanical cars Look at 1970 before we go, however: 1365 all steel swing door cars 3718 all steel sliding door cars 40 fifty foot ice bunker cars 3614 mechanical cars You could argue there was little change in the 1950s with these cars, but a big change in the 1960s. At any rate, I found it interesting and it does tend to support 1960 as a watershed freight car decade. Keith Jordan
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