Interstate Railroad, I'm told, would collect a group of MTY N&W hoppers, fill them at tipples on the Interstate's line, and haul them back off the property before the "Midnight" Per Diem deadline. I know on some small railroads Per Diem is a large profit item. The late Tim Gilbert probably could provide statistics.

Paul Catapano
Littlerock Subdivision
Atlantic Inland Railway Co.

"All it takes to start an insane asylum
is a big room and the right kind of people"