The 70-series freight cars are first catalogued in 1906
and are numbered 73 through 76. The #77 lumber car is not listed until the
1910 catalogue. The first freight cars have their trucks fastened to the
frame with small screws and brass nuts in the same manner as the passenger
cars. Later series cars have the trucks riveted on. They are lithographed a
dark green with either painted or lithographed roofs on the cattle, box, and
caboose. The early cattle, box and gondola all have brake wheels and black
gold-striped frames. The later freight cars have gray frames with gold
stripes. All the cars have black trucks with red stripes. These cars wind up
as pull-toys with only one coupler and a slot punched into the opposite end. |