--- In STMFC@..., "ed_mines" <ed_mines@...> wrote:

I know that box cars could be loaded to any destination rather than

be

returned to the home road during the box car shortage from the
beginning of WWII to 1947 or '48.

Did this include Canadian box cars?

Were any box cars exempt from this rule?

Ed

Ed,
I don't know how easy this will be to read as I copied it from an
Excel sheet.
Clark Propst
FAIRFAX MN M&StL SEAL BOOK ENTRIES FROM SAM SHERMAN

DATE TRAIN NO. INTIALS NUMBER CONTENTS CAR
TYPE NO. SERIES INBOUND OUTBOUND BUSINESS
8/5/1947 72 CN 520447 LUMBER XM 520000-522499
INBOUND HAUSER LUMBER
8/9/1947 CN 520447 WHEAT XM 520000-522499
OUTBOUND FARMERS COOP
8/14/1947 CN 480463 BARLEY XM 477850-480714
OUTBOUND FARMERS COOP
9/10/1947 73 CN 471272 CEMENT XM 471000-473999
INBOUND HAUSER LUMBER
9/11/1947 CN 521189 FLAX XM 520000-522499
OUTBOUND FARMERS COOP
9/16/1947 CN 471272 CORN XM 471000-473999
OUTBOUND FARMERS COOP
1/5/1948 99 CN 483253 LUMBER XM 480715-487764
INBOUND HAUSER LUMBER
1/10/1948 CN 483253 WHEAT XM 480715-487764
OUTBOUND FARMERS COOP
3/22/1948 73 CN 484196 CEMENT XM 480715-487764
INBOUND FULLERTON LUMBER
7/2/1947 73 CP 174981 SHINGLES XM
170000-191999 INBOUND FULLERTON LUMBER
9/4/1947 CP 240316 FLAX XM 240000-247499
OUTBOUND FARMERS COOP
9/8/1947 73 CP 178937 MEAL XM 170000-191999
INBOUND PACIFIC GRAIN