Re: NEWSPRINT
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Paul <buygone@...>
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The cars used were in captive newsprint service and yes they did have very smooth and good floors. The Dock was just a normal concrete dock. Once the rolls were lifted in the car it went straight to the flatbed truck, it was never set down on the dock. I don't recall ever seeing any of the Teamsters sweeping the dock at any time. Bundren had a sizeable fleet of trucks, and it was not uncommon for them to unload 20 plus cars of newsprint in one day. From the newsprint dock to the LA Times plant it was about 10 blocks. Turnaround on the trucks was about 1 hour. Paul C. Koehler _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of tgregmrtn@... Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:32 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] NEWSPRINT Paul, Paper rolls of any kind require a "paper quality floor" or dock. You can only imagine what would happen to a roll paper if the surface that you were unloading on were to create even small holes in the paper edge or face. So I am sure the dock you are referring to was a better taken care of then most and likely swept clean before any carload was unloaded checking for any FOD material. Greg Martin In a message dated 12/30/2009 11:16:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
buygone@earthlink. <mailto:buygone%40earthlink.net> net writes: Tim: Nothing special just a concrete dock with no cover. Rolls were normally loaded eye to the sky and the trucker in this case Bundren would bring a fork lift with a roll clamp. Unload the cars, transfer to their trucks, and deliver to the Times. Paul _____ From: _STMFC@yahoogroups. <mailto:_STMFC%40yahoogroups.STM> STM_ (mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups. <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> com) [mailto:_STMFC@yahoogroups. <mailto:_STMFC%40yahoogroups.STM> STM_ (mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups. <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> com) ] On Behalf Of Tim O'Connor Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 8:48 PM To: _STMFC@yahoogroups. <mailto:_STMFC%40yahoogroups.STM> STM_ (mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups. <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> com) Subject: RE: [STMFC] NEWSPRINT Paul It sounds like from your description and Andy's that if there was a specially equipped unloading dock then paper rolls could be transloaded. But that's far from the suggestion of spotting a load of newsprint at a "team track". The paper I read in NJ as a teen (Courier-Post) had no rail service either, so it must have come from a PRR/PRSL unloading site nearby. Tim O'Connor Tim:via water at the LA Harbor and that newsprint was also trucked to them. |
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