Some (maybe all?) of the Southern ventilateds in 120000-123249. Dave Parker Riverside, CA

"Number of car to be stenciled on inside of car on theside plate at left of door on each side of car" Of course -that's as built (SS 500 Box Bx3)

I have come into possession of a pair of Ulrich Vulcan L-section trucks. Now I need a car to place them under. Can anyone suggest cars known to have been equipped with such trucks, preferably house

MP and, I think, Santa Fe stenciled theirs on the inside wall, about head height, usually left of the door opening on each side. This might have been in addition to the door. That's how I identified

Southern 39862 kept its Evans Auto Loaders until 1955. The Stenciling drawing for 39000-39932 included operating instructions for the loaders on the inside walls. Anyone modeling these cars needs

The Haskell & Barker & Standard Steel Poultry Cars(don't think they were just for chickens - also turkeys and other fowlcritters) - had an interior "state room" (what they called it)for a some poor

Live poultry had an attendant to feed and water the birds. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Ken Vandevoort via Groups.Io" <apo09324@...> Reply-To:

On stenciling drawings the Reporting Marks & Number,along with any pertinent instructions ("Do not nail through side ofcar cleats for securing loads should be screwed", :"Grain DoorsMust be Secured to

Ken every poultry car had an attendant on board. Accommodations were found in the enclosed center section which contain a bed and stove. Attendants were responsible for feeding and caring for the

Makes you wonder if they had an attendant on board to collect any eggs laid in route and move them to the other side of the car. Ken Vandevoort

Having reporting marks on the inside of the car doors would be the only way for warehousemen to identify a particular car for loading when the near open car door is placed immediately adjacent to an

Hi Bill, Unfortunately, I am not Jim Dick. I am Jim Hunter. Jim

Lots of roads. It helped getting the door back if it separated from the car in a derailment, of if an overzealous unloading crew tore it off the car. Dennis Storzek

See: https://tehistory.org/hqda/html/v42/images/img_v42n2p036c.jpg Regards. Mike Aufderheide

And the photo is very relevant to recent discussion of modeling box car doors facing into the car. Car number stencil on the door interior? Who else did that?

Hi Jim, can you please email me at fgexbill(at)tampabay.rr.com Not sure if the email I have for you is working. Thank you! Bill Welch

Southern 39864 is, as noted in the stencil, equipped with automobile loaders. It is interesting to note the stencil indicating that they were oiled 7/52. You can see part of the rack at the top of the

A wonderful find and reference. Thank You for sharing. Lester Breuer

The car appears to be an auto car - opening is for a double door. The notice on the interior reads: FRAME WHEN EMPTY MUST BE RAISED TO ROOF AND SECURELY HELD BY SAFETY HOOKS BEFORE CAR IS MOVED I

A friend recently found this photo if a 1928 Rock Island employee magazine. It shows a combination poultry refrigerator car. Not many of these were built, photos are quite rare. They were used for