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From: Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
To: STMFC@...
Sent: Tue, Apr 6, 2010 2:09 pm
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: Perishable Schedules


Greg Martin wrote:

The charts that appeared in TKM corresponding to perishable fruit
and vegetables clear showed that the PRR handled more carloads of
perishables than any other eastern carrier... the keyword is
~carloads handled ~ That accounted for loads generated online, at
interchange, as a bridge and as a delivering carrier and as
consolidated and then for furtherance and was the case for all the
railroads in the study.

Given the size of PRR and the size of its car fleet, I'd guess
that PRR handled more carloads of practically everything than anyone
else, maybe excepting coal.
I'd still like a mention of which TKM this appeared in.

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