I added the question about meat because of the area I model (Northern Arizona)towns were not large enough to support wholesale grocery dealers. I have been trying to determine how these small

If you're interested in any of the current-run Tahoe Model Works trucks and you don't find any at the Ann Arbor Club's show, a 20-mile drive north from Saline to Pinckney would take you to Michigan

http://www.furan.com/furfural_historical_overview.html - the Quaker Oats feedstock for furfural production was (big shock!) oat hulls. Not likely to matter what was used from a freight car

If you consider meat a perishable, then yes. Meat packers would send out a 'route' car that would be placed on a local and unloaded at each stop. These cars only ran on certain days and you (local

George A. Walls wrote: Not in the tariff or in the language of the business. But of course meat is "perishable" in its nature. In the strict sense, only as Larry described, but the meat

question about meat. I see no need to be quite so restrictive on the topic.< I don't think meat is defined as a perishable. But then I guess it would depend on the temperature and for how

Okay. But somehow I always thought meat was perishables. Now, was meat handled as LCL or was it like Larry discribed? George A. Walls towns?

Tony, I'm willing to extend my question to include George's question about meat. I see no need to be quite so restrictive on the topic. Regards, -Jeff

George A. Walls wrote: We're talking perishables, George, not meat. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

I think the way it worked (and maybe still does, but without the railroads being involved) is that various dealers would get carlot shipments of various fruits and vegetables.? There would be several

Wasn't Meat company reefers handled as LCL traffic in smaller towns? Seems like I have seen something to this effect in earlier messages. George A. Walls vegetables to a carload

Tony, Noted. I now realize how spoiled we are nowadays. We can get a huge variety of fresh produce, year 'round at the local grocery store. I suspect we're even luckier here in

Jeff Aley wrote: Well, kind of. Notice that not all these were harvested at the same time. BTW my knowledge of PFE operations confirms what Larry Jackman said: there was no perishable

Larry, Thanks for the insight. Wow, that means that the wholesale grocer must get a LOT of cars since fruits and vegetables are perishable. If we assume that green vegetables can

No. The Scout slogan was dropped in 1947 when the other slogans were revised and the system maps were replaced by "Ship and Travel..." The "Texas Chief" slogan was added in 1948 and the "San

In the freight houses I worked in or around were not equipped to handle Perishable. I worked in a produce house that served these small shops and we received carloads and sent out less than a truck

Bill, I downloaded the article. Outstanding research and some interesting photos. I wonder if some day an ambitious author will do something similar for URTX and GATX? Tom

Was there such a thing as perishable LCL (e.g. in reefers)? Suppose the local wholesale grocer didn't need an entire carload of cantaloupes. Would less-than-carload lots come in by truck?

As per the lettering guide put out by the SFRH&MS, no. It was actually replaced in 1948 by "Texas Chief". No "Texas Chief" had maps, BTW. Michael Bishop <goldrod_1@...> wrote: Did any of

Did any of the ATSF box cars lettered for The Scout, ever have the Ship and Travel slogan replace the system map after 1947? I know that sometime in early 1954 the The Scout scheme was replace with