Pennsylvania Railroad 40' despatch stock car #135401 with cattle load

Pennsylvania Railroad 40' despatch stock car #135401 with cattle load

Built in the 1910s and shopped in the mid-1930s, these stock cars with Coil Elliptic trucks were primarily used for cattle, but also carried sheep and other livestock. Pennsylvania was a large Class 1 railroad formed in 1846 and grew to be a predominant shipper on the east coast until 1968 when it merged with rival New York Central to form Penn Central.