Everything depends on your railroad, stock carried, and era. There were periods of time when there were contaminated live stock and quarantine rules. There were diseases for sheep (scabies), cattle

For a long summer in 1954, I worked as a grunt in the Morrell Meat Packing Plant (formerly Tobin) in Estherville, Iowa. The beef plant killed up to 500 cattle per day (1000 halves). All cattle

I’m in a discussion elsewhere on the subject of routine brake line pressure in freight trains. He suggests 90 PSI. I’m thinking 80. Anyone know the norms of the late steam era and if it was

Challenger Imports brought in these cars in brass (Catalog #2408) using the data supplied by Bob Darwin of hyper detail brass locomotives in MR decades ago. A variety of lettering schemes were

A fair analysis, but it's just speculative. I have photos of PFE R-30-xreefers with pairs of each of the two styles of truck seen here, and with thesame bolster ends. It could just be a case of one

A quick trip through the University of Google library suggests that (i) meat will begin to freeze at about 30 F, and (ii) if you are going to freeze it, you need to freeze it hard (to 0 F or below)

Bob Chaparro wrote: My understanding is that meat like this was NOT frozen, but was shipped as cold as possible WITHOUT freezing, to keep it as safe as possible. Shipping temperatures below the

Bob, Thank you for the interior photo. I think I'll go with "weathered wood" color. And the floor will probably be "organic matter dark". I do appreciate all the helpful answers. But please keep in

It is also possible this car just has a replaced side frame. I came across this situation while doing field research for my sixth truck, Tahoe Model Works' Buckeye. The prototype I worked from is

I've come across conflicting accounts of how beef half sides were shipped in refrigerator cars. One version say the sides were shipped at temperatures below freezing and another version says the sides

Dan, Gary did not post a pic of the B end but I'll ask and see if he has one and get back with you. Bryian Sones Union Pacific Prototype Modeler Murrieta, CA. On Sunday, May 6, 2018 2:56 PM,

I saw a very similar, if not the same, car in Idaho Springs about 12 years ago. A farmers storage box car, not far from the freeway. Somewhere I have pictures of this car (Maybe). -Andy Carlson Ojai

Is there B end shot? Thanks for the postings so far. Dan Smith

What I would find very helpful is to take the abbreviations used by Ed Hawkins in his very authoritative tables for the various standard steel cars and match them with the trucks that are currently

Here are a few more pics. Bryian Sones Union Pacific Prototype Modeler Murrieta, CA. On Sunday, May 6, 2018 10:13 AM, anthony wagner <anycw1@...> wrote: Greg, Thanks for confirming my

Sunshine, Westerfield, or other kit instructions and PDSs use the terms Barber double truss (using TMW-113), ASF self-aligning (?), and double truss plank (using TMW Buckeye), none of which are

The Canadian government regulations in 1927 specified -- “Stock cars or other vehicles used for the conveyance of live stock shall be cleansed and disinfected at such times and places as the

Very curious Jim, the link I used was from Richard's MRH article dated 2013 which probably explains why it did not work as it was an older document than you accessed. Bill Welch

Bill Welch wrote: Yes, the 2014 version was his last revision and update. The 2012 version is a little less complete. Tony Thompson tony@...

I just checked this link and it worked. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz_ctrHrDz4wcjJWcENpaDJYbUU/view Jim Gates --------------------------------------------