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You didn’t provide a specific time period . Some time back Atlas offered a pair of 40’ StLB&M GSC steel wood racks, typical of early 1950’s. I’ve got them and several other road names as well. I’ve always thought of wood yards, where these racks were loaded, as only being very light rail sidings often through a gravel parking area, where pulpwood was literally dumped off and piled up for rail pickup. Photos I’ve seen of wood yards show them to be very messy places, ie, great for modeling.
Earlier posts here have said that at one point the train crew was responsible for loading the cars when set out if wood was already there. I don’t remember who told that story but maybe they can re tell it.
