06-15-2012, 08:28 PM
Lumber doors were most common, oddly enough, on lumber-carry roads in the Pacific north-west, especially in the '20s and '30s, and a lot of such cars ran into the '50s. Some cars also had rail doors - similar to lumber doors but closer to the floor.
In a quick perusal of Ted Culotta's "Steam Era Freight Cars Reference Manual" the only ones noted with lumber doors were Northern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, and Canadian Pacific, but I have seen photos of others.
![[Image: Freightcars007.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/freight%20cars/Freightcars007.jpg)
In the same time period, many automobile cars, both 40'- and 50'-ers were fitted with end doors. Wabash was still running 21 such 40' single sheathed wood boxcars in 1964. Their side double-doors had been sealed, leaving only the end doors operable, and the cars were placed in pipe service to the Alcoa Aluminum plant in Lafayette, Indiana.
Wayne
In a quick perusal of Ted Culotta's "Steam Era Freight Cars Reference Manual" the only ones noted with lumber doors were Northern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, and Canadian Pacific, but I have seen photos of others.
In the same time period, many automobile cars, both 40'- and 50'-ers were fitted with end doors. Wabash was still running 21 such 40' single sheathed wood boxcars in 1964. Their side double-doors had been sealed, leaving only the end doors operable, and the cars were placed in pipe service to the Alcoa Aluminum plant in Lafayette, Indiana.
Wayne