Re: Freight Conductors' Train Book, 1938 (summary of car contents)


Wendye Ware
 

--- In STMFC@..., "gn3397" <heninger@...> wrote:
EB Reefer contents, June 1938 (carloads) . . .
Cats 16 (I have no idea what this is!)
Could this be shorthand for cantaloupe melons?
Hi All

Cantaloupe makes sense - they were carried in PFE reefers - but I double checked the spelling, and it still comes out "Cats", or possibly "Cots".

Thanks for the various suggestions: Cantaloupe, Catalogue, Catsup, ...

Larry Ostresh
Laramie, Wyoming

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