Built in 1942 as a wood-sheathed boxcar, these cars were converted into stock cars with Bettendorf trucks in 1969 and some were repainted into the Big Sky Blue paint scheme. These stock cars were primarily used for cattle, but also carried sheep and other livestock. Great Northern was a Class 1 railroad founded in 1881 and eventually was merged with Northern Pacific and others to form Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970.
Built in 1951 at Omaha for Union Pacific, these stock cars with Bettendorf trucks were primarily used for cattle, but also carried sheep and other livestock. Union Pacific continues to operate today as one of the largest Class 1 railroads in North America with over 32,000 miles of track.
These stock cars with Bettendorf trucks were built in 1917 and rebuilt by Southern Pacific in 1950. Southern Pacific was a Class 1 railroad from 1865 until 1996, when it was absorbed by Union Pacific after falling on hard times financially in the 1970s and 1980s.
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