Hi Folks

Here are the DS/SS/Steel splits for box, auto and ventilator cars in
interchange service on the C&O and PM as of January 1945, April 1949
and July 1950. Because these roads were combined in 1947, a joint
table is also presented.


Numbers of cars:
C&O_____1945____1949_____1950
DS_____3,543____2,656_____1,455
SS_____51____146_____369
Steel_____9,589____11,976_____12,568
Aluminum_____0____10_____10
Unknown_____0____13_____35
Total_____13,183____14,801_____14,437

Percentages:
C&O_____1945____1949_____1950
DS_____26.9%____17.9%_____10.1%
SS_____0.4%____1.0%_____2.6%
Steel_____72.7%____80.9%_____87.1%
Aluminum_____0.0%____0.1%_____0.1%
Unknown_____0.0%____0.1%_____0.2%
Total_____100.0%____100.0%_____100.0%



Numbers of cars:
PM_____1945____1949_____1950
DS_____2,442____839_____402
SS_____2,263____2,125_____1,887
Steel_____5,317____5,016_____4,511
Unknown_____31____0_____0
Total_____10,053____7,980_____6,800

Percentages:
PM_____1945____1949_____1950
DS_____24.3%____10.5%_____5.9%
SS_____22.5%____26.6%_____27.8%
Steel_____52.9%____62.9%_____66.3%
Unknown_____0.3%____0.0%_____0.0%
Total_____100.0%____100.0%_____100.0%



Numbers of cars:
C&O/PM_____1945____1949_____1950
DS_____5,985____3,495_____1,857
SS_____2,314____2,271_____2,256
Steel_____14,906____16,992_____17,079
Aluminum_____0____10_____10
Unknown_____31____13_____35
Total_____23,236____22,781_____21,237

Percentages:
C&O/PM_____1945____1949_____1950
DS_____25.8%____15.3%_____8.7%
SS_____10.0%____10.0%_____10.6%
Steel_____64.2%____74.6%_____80.4%
Aluminum_____0.0%____0.0%_____0.0%
Unknown_____0.1%____0.1%_____0.2%
Total_____100.0%____100.0%_____100.0%

Best wishes,
Larry Ostresh
Laramie, Wyoming