Livestock & Meatpacking

Livestock & Meatpacking

For 100 years, the livestock and meatpacking businesses kept the railroads rolling. These industries were a key part of railroading from the 1860s through the 1960s. Many modeling possibilities exist for whichever railroad, region, and era you model.

This guide to the livestock and meatpacking industries presents a historical overview and provides an in-depth look at these modeling components:

• Stock cars used to transport cattle, hogs, and sheep
• Colorful refrigerator cars that carried meat products
• Livestock operations and meat traffic
• Cattle pens and stockyards
• Packing plants and branch houses