I have been sent this photograph of an 89ft flatcar with "Stac-Pac" boxes/containers on it. Anyone know anything about these, like when they were running, what they were used for, etc.? A Google search turned up something about materials being compressed into bales, so maybe these are just covers to keep them dry, etc. or they could be fully enclosed containers, although I don't see any openings. Stac-Pac It would make an interesting model [ 05. March 2003, 08:30: Message edited by: Alan ]
alan there is a little here but not much, scroll down to sp stac pac, gives the number series. http://sunny16.photo.tntech.edu/~richard/Freightcars/archive/0211.html here's a link to something dealing with them from the southern pacific rail image site. http://espee.railfan.net/picindex/freightcars/art_fisher_ssw-stac-pac.html here is a pic from george elwood's fallen flags. http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ttx/ttsx803092bjs.jpg and this is another from the archive that states the stac pac were for high end automobiles, ie. cadillacs, and such. you will have to scroll down again alan. http://sunny16.photo.tntech.edu/~richard/Freightcars/archive/0212.html [ 05. March 2003, 04:24: Message edited by: Mopac3092 ]
