tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273693093047871778.post3406043048530124393..comments2024-03-12T09:50:39.175-04:00Comments on New York Central Train Layout: Automobile Industry Traffic on the New York Central Part 1John R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02124262563821939556noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273693093047871778.post-11315323460848985652015-09-20T11:05:31.987-04:002015-09-20T11:05:31.987-04:00I don't know if you're aware of it, but Wa...I don't know if you're aware of it, but Walthers put out a book on railroads and the auto industry called America's Driving Force. You can find it very reasonably as a used book on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Driving-Force-Railroads-Automotive/dp/0941952576/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1442761375&sr=1-1&keywords=america+driving+force+walthersJohn Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625895756906828468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273693093047871778.post-91701575933705304182015-09-20T05:50:36.079-04:002015-09-20T05:50:36.079-04:00Thanks John, Very interesting read! Thanks John, Very interesting read! John R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02124262563821939556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273693093047871778.post-9967323214471802962015-09-19T17:50:58.993-04:002015-09-19T17:50:58.993-04:00I found a detailed discussion of the auto racks at...I found a detailed discussion of the auto racks at https://books.google.com/books?id=9h-FAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=evans+auto+rack&source=bl&ots=1x2eRW9lDZ&sig=9a1PtK6wRATyOLRV_ZaQJbRNsfM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEIQ6AEwCGoVChMIgab88YmEyAIVgvGACh1_1Qcv#v=onepage&q=evans%20auto%20rack&f=false including illustrations. You're right, John, it was 4 autos in a 50-foot car.John Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625895756906828468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273693093047871778.post-14853775355178458362015-09-19T13:29:51.155-04:002015-09-19T13:29:51.155-04:00Thanks for the info John! As I researched this inf...Thanks for the info John! As I researched this information one thing was evident as automobile car sizes grew so did automobile freight traffic. The amount of cars the NYC received for automobile service starting in teh early 1960s was shocking to see once I added them all up. We'll look at more on this in the next entry.John R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02124262563821939556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273693093047871778.post-40007915272004207182015-09-19T13:25:42.438-04:002015-09-19T13:25:42.438-04:00Thanks Ralph! I can't imagine more than 4 cars...Thanks Ralph! I can't imagine more than 4 cars per rail car. Taking into account the size of the cars of that era it must have been a tight fit.John R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02124262563821939556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273693093047871778.post-83520213431737469372015-09-19T12:33:11.097-04:002015-09-19T12:33:11.097-04:00Some boxcars simply carried parts, not the assembl...Some boxcars simply carried parts, not the assembled cars, so that's answer number 1. Answer 2 is that those that carried cars had racks so the first car that was moved in (via the double doors) went onto a rack, which lifted the car at least partway up. A second was then moved beneath it. I think this was done with the auto in neutral and pushed in, by the way, not driven. End doors would have made things a little easier, but then you needed an end loading ramp. Cars with auto racks had white stripes on the doors. 50 foot boxcars were no longer used in shipping assemb;ed autos after the 1950s, but they stayed in auto parts service after that. These would not have stripes on the doors.John Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625895756906828468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273693093047871778.post-14683204015982014602015-09-19T09:16:38.236-04:002015-09-19T09:16:38.236-04:00Having grown up with auto racks its hard to imagin...Having grown up with auto racks its hard to imagine shipping new cars in boxcars! How many did they manage to get in a 50 ft box? That said, they are cool cars and you have a nice roster of them appropriate for your modeling era. Nice find with the GTW car! PCRalphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11580789893778607792noreply@blogger.com