Stock Cars
Stock cars haul what their name implies: livestock. They are used to haul everything from ;ive chickens to hogs to cattle.
The Chicago and Northwestern railroad was a major hauler of livestock ...
Stock car. Also called cow crate.
Cowcatcher
An early term for the pointed device used on the front of the locomotive to remove deer, cows and buffalo off the track.
Stock Car
A car for the transportation of live stock, equipped with slatted sides, single or double deck, and sometimes with feed and water troughs.
Stopping In Transit ...
COW CAGE"Stock car. Also called cow crate
COWCATCHER"Pilot. The old term was discarded by railroad officials, probably because it was a butt for jokesters.
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Slang term for Stock car. Also called cow crate.
Cowcatcher
Early term for a locomotive's pilot. A pointed device used on the front of a locomotive to shove livestock off the track.
Cattle van
An enclosed van with ventilation slots in the side, used to ship the poor old cows off to their untimely demise. Called stock cars in North America.
Chairs
Metal brackets, bolted to the sleepers and used to hold the rails in place.
Rail transport freight equipmentEnclosed equipment
Autorack Boxcar Coil car Container Covered hopper Refrigerator car Roadrailer Stock car Tank car
Open equipment
Flatcar Gondola Hopper car Schnabel car
Non-revenue equipment
Caboose ...
Among the Atlas freight cars were a 94' tank car with four trucks, 85' box cars, and 85' stock cars.
Conversely, the paucity of gons, stock cars, etc. indicates that most of that traffic is within the PSL or with its interchange railroads.
Some models have been reshaped by shortening (so they will go around the sharper curves) or by changing proportions for more pleasing eye-appeal. Some models represent equipment that never existed anywhere. Choose your rolling stock carefully to ...
Stock Car
RAILWAYS. A term used in the USA, and possibly some other countries, for a freight wagon used to transport live animals ("stock"). Not to be confused with a stockcar as in stockcar racing.
Stoker
RAILWAYS.
My stock car cows will move fine in the corral but not in the car. This is a generic defect and most corral sets suffer from it. It is caused by the fact that the car vibrator does not work as well as the corral vibrator.
Stock Car - American term for vehicle used for the conveyance of cattle.
Stub - A short diverging track ending in a bumper; it has a switch only at one end
Stub Axle - Short non-revolving axle which supports only one wheel.
 See also: Track, Car, Locomotive, Boxcar, Standard
  
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