Re: When is the grain rush?
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Gatwood, Elden J SAD
Larry;
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Your data straddles the grain rush nicely. Having once lived in Laramie also, wasn't the vast majority of grain grown east (well east) of Laramie? And didn't most grain grown in the mid-west go east? Maybe your location was on a physical "grain-shed" boundary between western grain growers and mid-western/eastern grain growers.... Elden Gatwood
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From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of laramielarry Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:32 AM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: [STMFC] When is the grain rush? Hi Folks When is the grain rush? The reason I ask is that for the next Union Pacific Freight Conductors' Train Book I transcribe I would like to choose a report that includes the grain rush. My Train Books are all for the U.P. mainline between Laramie and Rawlins, Wyoming, and are primarily from 1937 to 1939. Two of the books I already transcribed cover mid-September to the 3rd week in October, and there is not a hint of a grain rush. For example, in Fitz's report there are only 20 cars (of 2,362) that appear to be carrying grain of any sort. I assume that Sept-Oct is too early or too late for the grain rush. Or perhaps the grain rush did not manifest itself on the U.P. transcontinental route during the Depression? Thanks, Larry Ostresh Laramie, Wyoming
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