think "Proctor & Gamble" when you think of W T Rawleigh.

Chet- What were the W T Rawleigh products going to the west coast? Thanks. Bob Chaparro Mission Viejo/Hemet, CA ========================================== Don't the worked years,

was start would making into spoke sooner UP if was but (and cars. when When I went to work in 1960 on the IC, I always observed what was going on at the Chicago Produce Terminal (CPT) as our train

Presumably: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120017/ <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120017/> Thanks for the 'heads up'. I'll order one from www.amazon.co.uk <http://www.amazon.co.uk> but I am reminded

Jim , I suggest you contact John Kirchner ; I believe he knows almost everything about banana transportation. You can contact him via his site www.bananacarril.com . He models SP , SP de M , N de M

refrigeration. . . I grew up in Weehawken, NJ, )in New York Harbor) in sight of the United Fruit Co. banana facility (of which I had a birds-eye view from atop the Palisades). NYC had an ice plant

Never put bananas in the refrigerator means after they are ripened. They will turn black. Ship bananas at 45/50 degrees while they are green if you want to keep them green. Higher degrees will start

Au contraire, Andy, Whatever Chiquita said, bananas always went in refrigerator cars on the Illinois Central, for as long as they were shipped out of New Orleans (until the mid 1960s, that is). The

Chiquita used to say: "NEVER put bananas in the refrigerator!" I assume she had box cars in mind. regards, Andy Miller

Read? Who's got time to read? I've gotta' say somethin' or folks'll think I'm not paying attention! Charleston, SC. Frank Greene Memphis, TN

While reviewing the June 2002 issue of RAILMODEL JOURNAL I came across a 1920s photo of C&NW's Wood Street Terminal in Chicago. This facility also was known as "The Potato Yard". The image shows

Bob Chaparro wrote: I would say there are MANY additional railroad photos. Let them know, Bob. We should all share knowledge when it can help with something like this. Many photos also

My understanding is that the majority of the bananas came in thru East Coast and Gulf ports - originally - and then that there were changes in shipping and in the overall demand (due as much to

There are some additional railroad photos. Searches using the terms "railroad", "santa fe", "southern pacific", "union pacific", "freight", "station", etc will bring them out. I believe there are

In a message dated 3/21/2007 8:40:47 AM Central Daylight Time, STMFC@... writes: Perhaps it will also reveal some info on another C&EI caboose that I've been searching for,....a 4

In a message dated 3/20/2007 6:27:03 PM Central Daylight Time, STMFC@... writes: While it has nothing to do with waycars I thought the SLSF was the road that had been involved with the

Dave Powell wrote: Dave, are you reading all the posts? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)

Don’t forget New Orleans. LA. Dave Powell

Boston and New York, too. SGL

Kurt Laughlin wrote: That's the term in freight service for grabbing someone's empty for your own use (of course with free-running cars, that's okay). The eastern railroads, often without much