LIRR 1950 Freight Car Loads
 Prototype Info for Modeling


 
  Originated on Road   
Commodity Car Type Carloads Tonnage

%

 Cars/100
Potatoes boxcar 1,584 34,086 23.64% 82
Lumber, shingles & lath boxcar 218 6,354 3.25%
Flour, wheat boxcar 24 709 0.36%
Canned food products boxcar 3,818 52,212 56.98%
Hard Coal hopper 4 321 0.06% 0
Soft Coal hopper 1 75 0.01%
Cement, Nat or Portland covered hop 7 267 0.10% 1
Mfd. Iron and steel gondola 675 19,062 10.07% 10
Fresh meats reefer 1 11 0.01% 1
Fuel, road & pet. resid oils tank 369 12,326 5.51% 6
Mill products flatcar     0.00% 0
Totals 6,701 125,423 100% 100
 
  Received from Connections  
Commodity Car Type Carloads Tonnage % Cars/100
Potatoes boxcar 3,642 76,274 4.2% 38
Lumber, shingles & lath boxcar 22,135 620,629 25.3%
Flour, wheat boxcar 3,906 136,489 4.5%
Canned food products boxcar 4,568 114,708 5.2%
Hard Coal hopper 18,608 1,080,223 21.3% 29
Soft Coal hopper 6,376 369,447 7.3%
Cement, Nat or Portland covered hop 13,408 586,127 15.3% 15
Mfd. Iron and steel gondola 6022 207,156 6.9% 7
Fresh meats reefer 8,006 96,087 9.2% 9
Fuel, road & pet. resid oils tank 42 1,216 0.0% 1
Mill products flatcar 739 22,567 0.8% 1
  Totals 87,452   100% 100
 
*The tonnage/carload data from 1951 Moody's Investor Guidebook
      % information, car type, and cars/100 added by author
 
LIRR 1950 Freight Car Loads Modeling Info**
 
  Car Type Shipped  Received
Potatoes boxcar 12 7
Lumber, shingles & lath "
Flour, wheat "
Canned food products "
Hard Coal hopper   5
Soft Coal "
Cement, Nat or Portland covered hop 1 3
Mfd. Iron and steel gondola 3 2
Fresh meats reefer 2 2
Fuel, road & pet. resid oils tank 2 1
Mill products flatcar 1 1
  Totals 21 21

** Based on ave. 1947 LIRR train length 21.3 cars