Doing some research earlier and I ran across this picture of a Wallis Cub tractor being loaded into a company boxcar. It is an interesting design, one not usually seen on wood cars.
Thinking of building one of these from a boxcar with a set of reefer doors cut and mounted in the end. Anyone here seen similar cars? Thinking one of these would go good with my USA trains Farmall reefer car 
Anyone else have similar pictures out there?
I hadnāt seen a wood one before. The PRR had a steel one for transporting firetrucks.
Great pic, and that boxcar would make an interesting model!
Hereās a shot of Model T Fords being loaded onto trains in England, ca. 1915:
So far I havenāt seen any photos of Fords or other early autos being loaded that way in the US. Here are a few pics of some being unloaded from regular boxcars:
Aaron and Ray, thanks for posting those interesting pics.
Those are great pictures Ray, thanks for sharing them. Did a little more research on the tractor and boxcar. The Wallis Tractor Co. built larger plowing tractors, looking much like the steam tractors of the day as far as design. In 1913, Wallis decided to design a smaller tractor that was more economical for the small farmer, and it was named the Wallis Cub. This tractor was one of the first to utilize the single or narrow front end, and did away with the large cast iron frame for a boilerplate frame. They built a ādemonstratorā model that toured the US doing plowing contests and demonstrations, touring the US in its own boxcar. I have found no record other than this on the car, but I am guessing it was built for this purpose so it could be unloaded at the end of a siding.
I found a car in Council Bluffs that has end doors, kind of interesting
That is a pretty interesting car William, almost looks like a baggage car converted for freight use. Very interesting
Didnāt think of that Boomer, looks like it very well could have been though.
Many railroads had freight cars with end doors for loading as shown in the pictures.
CN Rail had large ones, almost the forerunners of the now common car transporters. Those CN cars ended up as the early Auto-Train transporters.
Even the Western Colorado NG had one. It started out as a C&S car, and was sold to the RGSā¦there are pictures of itā¦
Passenger equipment had end loading doors too. CPR had a few baggage express cars with end doors. They found use as transporters for stage sets, and horses for the RCMP Musical ride.
Others may have pictures of equipment such as this, on other railroadsā¦even some in use today.
Aaron;
The reefer doors would not be large enough, but proper sized doors could easily be fabricated from sheet and strip Styreneā¦