Liberty Industrial Spur

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I just browsed Railpics, there are still plenty of 40' boxcars around in 1969, which is what year I think I may go with.

1969 was good year. I started working in the railroad industry that year! There were still plenty of 40ft box cars around and the majority of cars still had full height ladders and roof walks as it took time to shop and modify them. Only the newest cars were being built without the roof walks and full height ladders.

About the only 40ft box cars we ever handled that year (and the next few years for that matter) were some car loads of lumber and the rare box car of grain for a couple of the distilleries, but you'd see quite a few in mixed freights on the main line railroads.