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 A stock car or cattle car is a type of rolling stock used for carrying livestock to market. A traditional stock car resembles a boxcar with louvered instead of solid car sides (and sometimes ends) for the purpose of providing ventilation; stock cars can be single-level for large animals such as cattle or horses, or they can have two or three levels for smaller animals such as sheep, pigs, and poultry.

The DRGW roster information below has not been updated since 1999 by Jim Eager.  If you know of the current deposition of a car listed below or you spot missing, inaccurate data, have model suggestion or a picture for any Rio Grande boxcar we'd love to see & hear about it.   Contact the RGM&HS webmaster at: rgmhswebmaster@rgmhs.org

Prospector Volume 22, Number 1, was a 56-page edition featuring James Spencer's Standard Gauge Stock Car article in one issue instead of splitting it into two issues.

Stock Cars 1960 - 1993

Series Lbs AAR Type IL CuFt Bldr Date (month-year) Yr Ret Commodity HO Kit N Kit Design/Notes
36000-36099 88 SF 36-06 2800 D&RGW -1939= 1940 1973 Livestock . . SUF, dbl deck, 7/7 recessed Murphy ends from 63500 series boxcars, Duryea u.f.
36100-36199 88 SF 36-06 2800 D&RGW - 1940 1973 Livestock . . SUF, dbl deck, 7/7 recessed Murphy ends from 63500 series boxcars
36400-36499 88 SF 40-07 3526 D&RGW - 1955 1976 Livestock . . Steel, dbl deck, 4/5 ID ends
39000-39099 88 SM 39-01 2877 D&RGW - 1937 1977 Livestock . . SUF, composite ends
39100-39199 88 SM 36-06 2800 D&RGW - 1940 1977 Livestock . . SUF, dbl deck, 7/7 recessed Murphy ends from 63500 series boxcars, Duryea u.f.
39200-39399 88 SM 36-06 2800 D&RGW -1944= 1945 1977 Livestock . . SUF, dbl deck, 7/7 recessed Murphy ends from 63500 series boxcars, Duryea u.f.
39400-39499 88 SM 40-06 3089 D&RGW - 1948 1976 Livestock . . SUF, composite ends

Key

Lbs Weight capacity in lbs x 1,000
Type AAR car type code (i.e. XM = boxcar, etc.)
IL Interior Length or tank
Bldr ACF = American Car & Foundry; BSC = Bethlehem Steel Car; CSCC = Chicago Steel Car Co.; GATC = General American Transportation Co.; H&B; = Haskell & Barker; IC&E; = Illinois Car & Equipment; KCSS = Kansas City Structural Steel; LCC = Litchfield Car Co; MPC = Michigan-Peninsular Car; MC&F; = Missouri Car & Foundry; MCW = Michgan Car Works; MVC = Mt. Vernon Car (PSC); OFC = Ohio Falls Car; PAC = Pennsylvania Car; PCC = Peninsular Car Co.; PSC = Pressed Steel Car; PS = Pullman-Standard; PUL = Pullman; SSC = Standard Steel Car; W&F; = Wells & French; WSCF = Western Steel Car & Foundry (PSC)
Date-Yr Month and Year built
Ret Last year class was listed in ORER
Commodity Most commonly shipped
HO Kit & N Kit Closest available kit or RTR: * indicates needs modifications; () indicates stand-in only. Manufacturers: ACCU=Accurail; AMB=Ambroid; ATH=Athearn; ATLAS=Atlas; BACH=Bachmann; BL=Branchline Trains; BOWS=Bowser; CBT=C&BT Shops; CON=Con-Cor; CUS=Custom Rail Shops; DA=Details Associates; DVFC=Delaware Valley Freight Car; E&C=E&C Shops; ECW=Eastern Car Works; EEL=Eel River Models; DLX=DeLuxe Innovations; FRP=Front Range Products; GLOR=Gloor Craft; IMT=Intermountain; LAM=Lambert; LL=Life-Like; McK=McKean Models; MDC=Model Die Casting; MT=Micro Trains; OMI=Overland Models; P2K=Proto 2000; PFM=Pacific Fast Mail; PIT=Pittsburgh Scale Models; PM=Precision Masters; RR=Robins Rails; STW=Stewart Hobbies; TICH=Tichy Train Group; WAL=Walthers; WEST=Westerfield;
Design General design features: YSD=Youngstown Sliding Door, YPD=Youngstown Plug Door; YPDX=Youngstown Plug Door Exterior Post; PPD=Pullman " Plug Door; SPD4=Superior Plug Door; ID=Improved Dreadnaught ends, cush=cushioned underframe, Duryea=Duryea cush u.f., FS=ACF Freight Saver cush u.f., Waugh=Waugh cush u.f., EOC=end of car cushioning
Notes General notes
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