-- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

From the Oct 1958 ORER they are listed under note B as "equipped with Compartmentizers" Total of 15 cars listed, not in any numerical order (rando in series) Howard Garner

J. Stephen Sandifer

Tim, We have different copies of the same photo. Mine is definitely a maroon and not the dark color you posted. I'll scan mine and post tomorrow Howard Garner

Santa Fe had some SS 50’ hide cars. J. Stephen Sandifer

Owen, According to the 1960 IC Equipment list the IC had 34 50 foot SS cars numbered 34866 - 34899 and 5 cars in 34990 - 34999 There were also 51 40 foot Single Sheathed cars numbered

One og the Great Western maroons was very, very dark, and likely weathered even darker. Here is caboose 601 recently repainted at IRM, the color matched to the original samples taken from protected

The CGW assigned some 52000 series 50' DD steel box cars to hide service. I don't think these were painted Maroon ; )) I do believe the minimal stenciling was yellow/gold These cars are similar to

Thank you all! Take Care, Brian R. Termunde Murray, Utah

there was a series of 4 different codes used at the same time, i found the translations in google, years ago, and no, i didn't copy them, i assume that they are still there, nothing gets erased from

I do not know much about CGW but I do know that some boxcars have worn more than one color over their lifetime. Both colors could be correct in different years. Chuck Peck

The picture I posted -IS- the Dyersville image. You can clearly see a Rock Island box car red car coupled to it. No way was the 5464 car red or maroon -- and in fact, the photo shows a red-maroon

Compartmentalzer and Quick Loader. I check my copy of the original posted image Mine is from a C&NW Historical Society duplicate of a W A Vaugh original. Shows a maroon body, much lighter the the post

The NP and ATSF both had single sheathed hide cars. On 11/29/2021 5:28 PM, Nelson Moyer wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Could "C" stand for Car Pac, another type of special loading equipment? On 11/29/2021 5:42 PM, Gatwood, Elden J SAD wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Thanks for the photos, Doug. I guess I can consign one of my XM-21s or XM-23s to hide service, since they were both built in the teens, and there were still 90 in revenue service in 1953. Nelson

The smell was what prompted my question. Intuitively, steel cars would stink less when the doors were closed than wood cars, since liner would soak up the slop, but it wouldn’t penetrate the steel,

Nelson yes SS cars were used for hide service. Here are a few photos. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

IC 50' SS cars 40140 and 40321 appeared on the Sierra RR in California in 1952 They hauled lumber from the Sonora mills to eastern markets. Conductors list from 1952 on the Sierra RR Al Smith Sonora

I can attest that green hides showed up in Gowanda NY for many years in open top gondolas. As they collected rain or snow en route, it created a soup. The conductors were sure to keep coupling speeds