From Richard Crabtree on Frisco Rails Across Missouri: Loading railroad ties on the Frisco Current River Branch in Shannon County Missouri Circa 1910-15.
Hey Keith, when is Richard going to allow me to join the group??? I keep applying but no luck...Roger
It appears that the Frisco would load and ship more than just livestock in a stock car. Utilization of inventory.
Both my grandfather, William D. Fletcher and great grandfather Wyatt Lawson hand cut, and packed out railroad ties by themselves for sale to the Frisco in Barry County, west of Washburn. Thanks for posting this picture.
Commodities Shipped In Livestock Cars So far, I have documented these commodities. I’m sure there were others. Bob Chaparro Moderator Railway Bull Shippers Group https://groups.io/g/RailwayBullShippersGroup ++++ Barrels Box Shook Bricks Cabbages Canned Goods Cantaloupes Coal - A lot of coal in stock cars, in the Rocky Mountain States, as late as WWII Coal -Bagged Coke - Beehive Oven as late as WWII Corn Cobs Dunnage Bulkheads (For boxcars) Firewood Freight Car Wheels Grain (With Car Lining) Grain Doors Hay Ice - Some Photos Were Posted On The D&RGW Facebook Site Showing Pond Ice Loading In Stock Cars In The Early 1960s Live Poultry (In Regular Stock Cars, Not Poultry Cars) Lumber Metal Sheets Oil (In Barrels) Onions Oranges Ore - Bagged Pipe – Clay & Metal Potatoes - Bagged Pulpwood Pumpkins Railroad Ties - Treated & Untreated Rails Sand (In Barrels) Scrap Brass Scrap Iron Sewer Lids Sewer Pipe - Ceramic Straw Sugar Beets Tile Tires Tomatoes Utility Poles Wagon Wheels Wagons (Unassembled) Watermelons
