Where IC's own reefers used for banana loading? What else? Did these reefers ever make it ot the east coast? Champ sold decal sets for these cars that was Kelly green and their diagram called our a

Erie leased some wood URTX reefers (both Walthers and Champ used to sell decals) in the '30s and '40s. There's a photo of 2 of the reefers in a book of photos taken by Bernice Abbott. The cars are

It is my understanding from various sources that Illinois Central hauled a lot of bananas northbound on their mainline from the South. Also, I've seen reported that they hauled complete trains on

Unlike most other fresh fruit & vegetables, the rail transport of bananas was not subject to reconsignment and diversion practices because the distribution of bananas was controlled after

For What It's Worth: The AAR's Transportation Report (1947) contained the following information regarding bananas. "In 1940 there were 52.4 million bunches imported (US) compared with the peak of

In a message dated 12/4/03 9:35:11 PM Central Standard Time, cvfanbratt@... writes: I don't know how long they have been there (or if they are still there for that matter...) But, Chiquita

Cheap, but the shipping might be heavier than the book. Dave Nelson ----------------------------- 1. Car Builder's Cyclopedia of American Practice, 1946 Definitions and typical illustrations of

Richard, Any idea of how far back that paint job would have been good and is the R-40-23 a good starting point for an MDT reefer. I know the Intermountain MDT Reefers that were released around 1995

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

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