8< I would think, StLouis/MO bound bannanas would unloaded in East StLouis, but still thats alot of bannanas. Would the Frisco, be handling bannanas to Kansas City, out of Mobil? -- ------ Allen

Jeff, I no longer "own" any of the STMFC files even though I posted some of them. You can delete the Sunshine models list, because a much better list now exists on Ted's web site. In fact you can

I have a photo of MDT 9326 painted white with red and blue sill stripes and GM&O heralds at Syracuse in 5/52. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

A question: What was the hurry on moving a car of Bananas? If you kept them at 45 degrees, they would not ripen. We got a car load in once before we had room to unload it. So we kept it well iced with

Hey can I piggy back on this? I would like a # for on of the MDT steel side reefers (you know one of the close to R-40-23s) leased to the GM&O in 53.(Don't ask for much do I?) If anyone can point me

I don't know how long they have been there (or if they are still there for that matter...) But, Chiquita had/has a large pier and facility in Gulfport, MS for the special banana ships. I've been

On an NYC list, there was recently a discussion of the "banana house" at Weehwaken, where ships were unloaded to a warehouse for movement to railroad cars, which made up fairly hot "banana trains" up

Hi Denny and List, The IC banana trains into Dubuque were hot. These trains typically were broken up between the CBQ, Milw, CGW and some cars continuing into Iowa on the IC. The Milw would run a

Judging by old (1930's) Railroad Magazine stories, it was certainly common for engineers and head brakemen to give firemen a break on "hand-bombers", especially on demanding jobs with big engines,

Assuming MDT was a major leaser of cars to IC(LA), GM&O(AL) and NYC(NY), its a wonder they can't be nicknamed banana cars Roger Hinman

I will certainly second Norm's kudos to Ted for the RMC series. The photos of the underframe detail for the CP "mini" boxcar in the January issue are the sharpest and clearest of this type I have

Boat into Los Angeles and San Francisco. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 http://www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax,

How did the west coast get their bananas? Homegrown? By boat from Costa Rica? T&NO/SP? Banana magic? Regards, Mike

"There were seven C&NW (NW Region) Automobile Cars loaded with Autos or Trucks from probably a Racine or Kenosha WI Auto Plant." Could be farm machinery (likely tractors) from Racine, which was

Mike Auf der Heide asked: I think Banana Magic is something you get at a bar... Actually the West got most if not all their shipments of bananas from South American countries via the United Fruit

Joe; I think they might have been in a number series including 1955x. -- Regards, Art Richardson Clinton, MS

Bannanas were all imported, virtually all in 9 states (ICC rail loading data, 1950): LA 306k tons 30.0% AL 173k tons 16.9% NY 170k tons 16.7% NJ 124k tons 12.1% MD 94k tons 9.2% WA 49k tons

Haverhill, MA is a logical destination for that car on the B&M. It was one of the large shoe mfg cities of NE. Regards, Norm Larkin

Brian, I've never heard of Seaboard or ACL hauling a significant amount of bananas, especially to IC from Florida points. However, Southern had a "Banana Terminal" built specifically for the

I don't know if any IC banana shipments ever went to the West Coast, but it seems unlikely to me. There is a photo in volume 3 of Lloyd Stagner's "Santa Fe in Color" series showing an IC reefer in an