From: "Gregg Mahlkov" <mahlkov@...> The Illinois Central must have used a bogus consignee, say in Chicago, ----------------------------- Not the IC. It's the shipper who puts the consignee on th

I'll give you an outlook on the banana traffic as seen from the NYC point of view. In the early 60's I was involved in car supply for banana loading, and I worked out a schedule for second day deliver

From: Roger Hinman <rhinman@...> ertainly out of my knowledge base but I think you've got a question that others may be able to better focus on. My guess would be FGE would be the most likely prod

From: "Dave Nelson" <muskoka@...> Of pecular interest, the U.S. percapita consumption of rail shipped banannas in 1950 was 12.8 lbs per person; In Illinois it was 23.34 lbs/person. ========= T

From: "jim_mischke" <jmischke@...> I'm responding to this because I take exception to " They were the biggest moochers ever of other railroads' cars". I contend that on the NYC (60's) we

From: "armand premo" <armprem@...> Subject: There is plenty of documentation that indicates this rule was frequently ignored.Armand Premo ---------------------------------------------------

From: "Gary Gealy" <gsquared@...> I believe these exceptions give some additional information as to how the banana reefers traveled. ------------------------------------ The exception routing

Thanks for that post. The bad news is my surmise was incorrect. The good news is that we now know more about the Bamberger Railroad. So I'll keep on guessing. They must have had some good sales people

Ames, the curator, when he was with the NMRA Library in Chattanooga and found him very cooperative over the phone. > =============== Who's Barriger ? Do you mean John Barriger's collection ? >

Ames, the curator, when he was with the NMRA Library in Chattanooga and found him very cooperative over the phone. Who's Barringer ? Do you mean John Barriger's collection ? >

tgregmrtn@... wrote: for all perishable produce traffic from the Mississippi east, nearly the sum of the NKP and Erie together, for most of the 50's (and Likely before) until the traffic dwindled to t

This is very helpful. The data I have shows that in 1947, UP sent 38,576 loaded cars to the WAB at KC, and in 1954 that increased to 54,487 was 10,781 cars, and in 1953 it was 14,369. Anything in all

Marysville, CA. There was always a Wabash salesman around wining & dining our packing house managers and as as a result most of the fruit went to New York auction ============== I'd be very careful ab

Michigan to New York State through Southern Ontario where the Wabash had running rights on a through east/west CNR line? > ================= Yes, for their traffic to the Buffalo area. But you can be

A lot of them were pretty tight. On the NYC we used a lot of them for iron ore, but had a high reject rate before being sent to mines for leaky doors. If they would hold iron ore, no problem with many

the Wabash at Council Bluffs, routed through Michigan and Southern Ontario to Niagara Falls/Buffalo for interchange to NYC, DL&W, LV, etc.? ============ Likely not much at Council Bluffs. that was not

east from Michigan via Southern Ontario (shortest route I would think) to get to NY State, etc. via Niagara Falls and Buffalo and on to NYC, etc. I've seen plenty of pictures of Wabash hauling great l

wrote: for iron ore, but had a high reject rate before being sent to mines for grains. =========== Something else to think about. If they couldn't hold grain, how would you expect them to hold the fin

From: "Gregg Mahlkov" <mahlkov@...> Not at all, memories last. But in another thirty years you may be relieved of this burden as most of us are over 65 now. And there is no need to to use offens

Excluding the IC's routes north from the Big Easy. How much of PRR's bananas came out of Effingham IL? ==================================================== The banana trade is essentially irrelevant t