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I don't know how many stalls are in an old west stock car. I know there was room for 8 in old European wagons "40 or 8"... 40 soldiers or 8 horses.

I think one of eastern roads (B&O) made a roofless stock car pre 1850 for a while, but it didn't last. (Neither did slings and a few other practices)

High sided gondolas got mentioned for moving cattle sometimes in some reading you had inspired. But no mention of corrals on a flatcar anywhere.

Water and feed enroute were the main concerns and the design changes that mattered it seemed.

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