Talk:Stock car (rail)

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Pending tasks for Stock car (rail):

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  • Flesh out the stubbed sections
  • Add details (and photos) on stock car use outside North America
  • Add photos of stock cars in circus use (but photos from older circus use would be nice too)
  • Discuss the use of stock cars in cattle drives
  • Describe special operating procedures to keep the livestock alive during transport
  • Add other specialized types of stock cars, i.e. horse cars
  • Describe the "fish cars" that were used to transport live fish from the coasts to the central United States
See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Todo

[edit] Corrected meaning

A railroad stock car is not one that hasn't been modified, it is one that is designed to carry livestock. My guess is that this article was first stubbed by someone who may be familiar with stock car racing but not railroads. slambo 23:40, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] GA Re-Review and In-line citations

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Ive started to create inline citations using templates. Please let me know if I am in the right direction. Rob110178 07:14, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Looks good so far. I had some extra time this morning before work to look through one of the two White refs and add page numbers and inlines as appropriate. I've got the other White ref in my collection as well as the Railroad History issue mentioned (and many more refs as well) that I intend to look through again later this week for more details and inlining. Slambo (Speak) 12:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
There's a bit more referencing and a little more info from my reference collection. I don't have Volume 2 of The American Railroad Passenger Car in my collection, but it is listed as on the shelves at my local public library (where I now have it on reserve to pick up tomorrow). My copy of Railroad History volume 177 is handy, and I'll be going through that again soon too. Slambo (Speak) 23:29, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

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