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Ralston Steel Car Co. - 1930-39
During the early years of the depression the Ralston Co. didn't have much business and would shut down for long periods of time. The photo collection picks up again in 1936 with a variety of freight cars for several different railroads.
Pere Marquette automobile box car new October, 1936.
This is a standard PRR 50 ton box car. Since the Pennsylvania Railroad could build their own box cars it is an indication that business is starting to pick up, that they would contract with the Ralston Co. for new box cars. #81081 was new June, 1936.
Wheeling and Lake Erie 60 ton hopper car new November, 1936.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad 50 ton gondola car new December, 1936.
Another view of C&O gondola car #30032.
A 70 ton National Tube Co. (NTX) gondola that was new August, 1937. The archbar trucks seem a little unusual for a car carrying such a heavy weight.
A 50 ton automobile box car for the Nickel Plate Road was new June, 1937. Automobile box cars as the name implies were used to carry autos, but they were also useful for any large items that wouldn't fit the door of a conventional box car.
Another Nickel Plate Road automobile box car from the same order as the previous.
Interior of an automobile box car under construction.
Interior of the Southern Railway stock car. The floor was concrete as wood wouldn't have lasted very long under the livestock. |
