Loading Cattle on Trains in a New Way 



The cattle enter through the rear door of the end car and walk through 

 the train to the first car, each front car being shut off as it is filled 



OREGON has produced a man who has 

 tried to relieve the trials and tribula- 

 tions of railroads by inventing a new 

 way of loading cattle on freight-trains. 

 The present-day method is long and tedious. 

 As the loading is done from one spot and 

 as there are no connections between cars, 

 only one car can be filled at a time. When 

 one car is full the train is moved on until 

 the next car is in the loading position — and 

 so on. 



According to the new method, all the 

 cars can be loaded through one opening. 

 This is accomplished by placing the doors 

 of each car at the rear and front ends 



Hinge which attaches 

 door to adjacent 

 car 



Door swung out to 

 form side of bridge 



The hinged doors at 

 the rear of each car 

 swing back and are 

 attached to the next 

 car behind, forming 

 a kind of "Bridge of 

 Sighs" over which 

 the cattle pass 



instead of at the sides. When the train is 

 to be loaded the door of each car is swung 

 out to form the side of a bridge between the 

 car itself and the adjacent car. 



The doors of two adjacent cars are 

 hinged on opposite sides so that when both 

 doors are swung out both sides of the bridge 

 will be formed. Two platforms which fit 

 behind the doors are lowered to form the 

 floor of the bridge. The cattle are loaded 

 from the rear end of the last car and are 

 made to keep moving until they reach the 

 first one. When the train is full the 

 bridge-like connections are put back in 

 place and the train starts for the slaughter- 

 house. 



In this way not only is a con- 

 siderable amount of time saved, 

 but the panic which is so often 

 experienced by the animals 

 herded together in the paddock 

 waiting to be driven into the 

 cars is avoided. Indirectly this 

 may affect the market price of 

 the cattle for they will 

 be likely to lose less 

 weight on the trip. 



which supports 

 floorand holds sides 

 of bridge in place 



Platform which is 

 lowered to form floor 

 of bridge. 



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Attendants keep the 

 line of cattle moving 

 until the forward cars 

 are reached, the hinged 

 doors being shut again 

 as the cars are filled 





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