Pulpwood racks

Model Railroader Prototype information for the modeler
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Before the steel bulkhead flat cars used for pulp today some railroads had earlier, but not archaic, pulpwood cars (the Maine Central for example used them into the '60s), approx. 40ft in length made of wood they looked not unlike a roofless stockcar.

Does anyone know if any manufacturer has offered a rtr model/kit/kit bash aid/parts for one of these pre-bulk head pulpwood racks in HO? Do any drawings exist? I already have some (poor) photographs in some of the MEC books, does anyone know of a good source for more photos?

As you will guess my main interest is in the MEC, but I believe other railroads had them. Looking at the car listings for the MEC they had quite a few in the 40s and 50s, but trawling the 'net only gives me results for the later variety of cars.

I am aware several manufacturers make kits for the similar cars used by the Maine narrow gauge railways (Sandy River, Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington, etc) but I have never seen anything in standard gauge in any scale.

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Not MEC, but…

Train Shed Cyclopedia #17, from Newton K. Gregg publisher, p.206 does have a good side “portrait”/roster/builder’s photo shot of Bangor and Aroostook pulpwood rack car, steel constructor by Magor, [u]inside[/i] length 46 ft, AAR class LP.

The Train Shed book is a 1974 reprint of portions of the 1943 Car Builders’ Cyclopedia.

I believe I have also seen pictures, perhaps plans of similar cars, perhaps maybe MEC, in a volume called Popular Picture and Plan Book for Model Railroaders, published by Simmons-Boardman in 1950. It is an extract of pictures and plans selected for model railroad builders, takenfrom the official cyclopedia that prototype railroad professionals use. This volume is in the non-circulating, in-building-use-only reference collection at my local public library in Corpus Christi, Texas…