As an addition to the pondering about Canadian stock cars and reefers in the U.S., some years ago we ran an article in CN Lines about loading stock cars with Alberta coal. Plywood sheets were placed

Or, did some western roads convert cars too? Santa Fe did big time: Convertible deck Sk Z & Sk 4's converted from panel sided "furniture cars" "Fe's" on the Santa Fe, also panel side Bx-3's

Jack As I remember the discussion on this and other groups concerning the Index that it was the intention that the index would be made available to all. Are you now saying that you have to become a

Hay and pulp.Armand Premo Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 6:43 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: Canadian Stock Cars and Ice Reefers in US Fellows, It has previously been brought out on the

Fellows, It has previously been brought out on the list that stock cars are sometimes loaded with products other than livestock. Could the sightings and listings of Canadian stock cars in the US have

Bruce, I used your formula to spray my Pennsy depressed center flat using my trusty Bink's Wren B. Doug, I also have a Revolution with the new attachment. It does make cleaning a lot easier. Has

The Great Northern did convert 44' box and stock combination cars into regular stock cars. Normally cars in this size range was meant for transporting horses or other prized livestock on passenger

Gordon - One thing to remember is that the plans published in the model railroad press are often far from accurate. The further back you go the worse they get as does the accuracy of the data. When

Add the CGW, RI and GN to your list. Clark Propst

There is a photo of a Canadian stock car in the 1920's in Yoakum, Texas on the SA&AP.   Cyril Durrenberger

Seaboard's S-1 and B-5 stock cars were converted from single-sheathed box cars. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

And the Rock Island from single-sheathed box cars. (And interestingly later converted [MKT] stock cars to box cars by lining with plywood, as did ATSF with some of its own stock cars, although both

Ben Hom wrote: SP Pacific Lines did so in the 1930s, and T&NO did so right after WW II. Kits for the latter cars were offered by Sunshine. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

The Great Northern surely did. Staffan Ehnbom

This is a good question, since I'd like to have a CN stock car or two on my layout as well. Breezing through the web finds all sorts of interesting things on historical trans-country stock trade

Victor Baird asked: "I know the B&O and the Wabash did it. The B&O covered M26 box cars and the Wabash convered single sheath wood cars. Perhaps the PRR and who else did this?"   PRR definitely did,

I was just re-examining the almost 300 photos of mostly boxcars from our era on this site and think some subjects may have been added because I had not bookmarked them and I am sure I would have the

Dennis writes- Dennis, I believe that you must mean gefilte fish, not lox (salmon). Such fish (gefilte) usually has to be Kosher where a Rabbi makes an attestation at the time the fish is killed

Ditto Rich Orr

Hench the Badger 155 Anthem. Bill Welch