Where would the MTL horse car be positioned?

[arbomambo]

Well,
it's pretty clear that, although I don't believe it was intentional, this MT car definitely turned out to be a foobie...
however, amazingly this works in my favor...otherwise, if the car were an accurate SP prototype, I'd have no reason to purchase one.
But, it just so happens that Santa Fe built a few 'regular' 70' baggage cars with end doors...




I have a couple of extra M&R 70' baggage sides that will overlay the MT car perfectly (I'm using the Erie Baggage car in my builds), to represent this ATSF car



So, this 'foobie' actually ends up being a bonus car for me!
Bruce

[Mike Madonna]

So it would seem!   

No, I want a prototypically-correct model.  I would be fine with the MTL model if it wasn't ¾" too short.

Bryan, the SP had three classes of 70' Baggage-Horse cars. 70-BH-1 and -2 classes consisted of 6 cars each and had arch roofs. The 70-BH-3 class consisted of 6 cars and had Clerestory roofs. The MTL model will be a very close match to the -3 class.

[bbussey]

Mike, the MTL model is based on the 80' prototype yet was shortened to take advantage of shared parts of the other 70' models. Any resemblance to the 70-BH-3 class is coincidental.

[arbomambo]

Mike, the MTL model is based on the 80' prototype yet was shortened to take advantage of shared parts of the other 70' models. Any resemblance to the 70-BH-3 class is coincidental.

Bryan is correct...
this is Roberto's sides fret for the SP's 70-BH-3 class of Horse car...quite different than the MT car.
That being said, the MT car is the perfect donor car to use for Roberto's sides...




Bruce

[Mike Madonna]

Bruce, all that said... any source for Roberto's sides? I have tried to reach out to him regarding sides and it has been difficult to make a connection. Is there an alternative source?

[arbomambo]

Mike,
he recently responded to a query I posted on the N Scale Varnish Yahoo groups' page...
We traded emails and I was fortunate to be able to catch him at home (he travels quite a distance from home for work), and purchased quite a bit more heavyweight sides.
It really depends on what he still has 'in stock'.

r.martari@libero.it

Bruce

[Puros_bran]

I hauled race horse in a tractor trailer for a living. I've seen pictures of the time when these cars were used. To me it's glorious, to others "meh, I'll make a MOW car out if it." 

I can't comment on where it went but they did have attendants that rode with the horses. It's still a very common practice in the trucking age,  I can't count the number of times I've been pulled over for "kidnapoing" and "someone illegally riding in the back of a truck".  That's always fun.

We were required to stop every 4 hours to provide fresh water to the horses. I'm very curious as to how that was handled on the rail.