NEB&W Guide to Stock Cars - IntroductionThis file is open to website members only
Last Update: 2008-11-16
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The majority of stock cars travelled from the Western states to the Chicago packing houses, with the cargo continuing it's eastward journey in meat reefers. Over 40% of the United States is western range land, too dry in most cases for crops, but ideal for grazing animals. Most of the population throughout the steam-era was concentrated in the Northeast. Stock cars and meat reefers brought one to the other.
Most first class roads,