Reply to "O gauge, open top cattle cars?"

I found a very easy solution.

Buy an old Lionel 6656 metal closed top cattle car.  (Looks like a freight car, but with slats on the sides.)

Take my metal cutter, and cut the top half of the car away, all of the way around, just above the fat center horizontal slat.

Repaint the slats from yellow to brown.

Voila, instant high quality, metal, open top cattle car.

Thanks,

Mannyrock