Hot Water posted:PRR 5841 posted:As I continue to slowly acquire PFE cars for my 1940’s era Big Boy, I’ve noticed during research that many PFE trains had a few livestock cars right behind the engine. I’ll assume the front placement was so that the crew could tend to the animals. Unfortunately, what the B&W pictures and videos I’ve seen do not reveal is the color of the livestock cars. I’m of the unsubstantiated opinion that the livestock cars were brown during the 40’s then later changing to yellow, possibly around the same post-war time as was done to the Caboose’s.
Thoughts, model recommendations?
Thanks
May I suggest that you contact the UPHS (Union Pacific Historical Society) and ask them?
Thanks HW. While your suggestion is appreciated, my experiences with various Historical Societies (Including UPHS) about prototype details has been underwhelming. The term “Historic” is a broad brush that covers a wide range of topics in railroading. Locomotive and freight car details represent only a small fraction of the topics any HS would be reasonably expected to cover. The collective knowledge that exits on this forum, especially where model detailing is concerned, almost always exceeds whatever I have been able to glean from HS’s.
