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Absolutely. Again, to use a Wisconsin example...Green Bay had several large marine fuel terminals. Socony-Vacuum (MobilOil), Standard Oil, Texaco, and one other company had terminals that received

A fascinating list for those of us who are interested in tank car traffic. Some of the reporting marks such as UTLX, GATX, SHPX, and NATX require no explanation. Others are not so obvious, so I've

The point is that the packing houses seperate the fruit by size and appearance inorder to determine a grade for the fruit. While all the packed fruit is of good quality for eating or juice, some had

LOL!! I thought you had this already. If you do, let's clear that up on the list, so others can have a chance. SGL

Didn't pre 1950 cars use a lot more oil than cars do now? Around 1957 I remember a neighbor had a 1948 dust bomber that he'd use to get to the train station. He had a big box of oil bottles with

I also have _The Chicago and North Western Business Train_ by Joe Piersen. According to Abebooks.com, it's value is $45.00+. I'm not feeling mercenary today, as I got it in trade for other things,

I'll trade ya for a CD of photos and an Atlas shell...

Ben, I can see with this large fleet of auto-boxes why Henry Ford asked the PRR serve the Rouge complex in 1920. The C&O went from 198 36-ft to 2000 40-ft auto-boxes in 1923-1925 and the PM added

Almost. I have a copy of "Sacramento General Shops" Compiled and written by D. L. Joslyn - - - - 1948 45 pages or so. It needs a new home. If you are interested, let me know. SGL La vita e

Al Kresse asked: "Is there a resourse for understanding how they shipped Ford Model T and Chevy 490s in auto-boxes out of Detroit/Flint/Pontiac Michigan area back in the early-1920s? . . . . .

In the late 50's and early 60's my parents would send oranges back to the family in IL. We would go to the Villa Park, CA packing house to buy them and the packing house arranged for the shipping.

Cliff Prather wrote: Of course. But what's your point? Larry Jackman's claim was that perishables in the east are better quality than where they're grown, in California. I still say, baloney.

I understand that shippers could have a car sent to a series of destinations for unloading part of the shipment at each point. Did this happen with perishable? Small shipments of citrus could be

The highest grade of fruit will go to where the highest price can be obtained. The areas where the fruit was not common usually paid a greater price. There were several factors in grading citrus

I did not say all the good produce was shipped east. What I said was the growers that did ship sent their best and kept the #2 grade at home for the local market. Yes you got some good stuff in

Another (only) use for multi-dome tank cars. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI user NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS

out of Detroit/Flint/ lines, and photos would be be in . . . a midwestern or participated in the traffic Even in the 20s, Malcolm? SGL

That sounds right, Al. We moved to "the new house" in early '56 (I was seven). The old house was oil, used in a converted-from-stoker-fed coal. My dad did the conversion himself - I know