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NJI&I to Wabash at Pine - Part 2
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Gary Roe
Here is another installment of "Daily Interchange Report of Cars" from the NJI&I to the Wabash at Pine in 1953. The following list is dated 06May53. It is cars which were left between 11P and midnight for pick up by Westbound Train 89, due at Pine around 9:30A on 07May. All cars originated at South Bend. I am showing Initials, Number, Destination, Contents. gary roe quincy, illinois ATSF 141494 Chicago IL Empty PRR 475100 Great Falls MT Tractors SP 192877 Armona Ca * PLE 22330 Minneapolis MN Machinery ACL 51711 Chicago IL ** Wab 47836 St Louis MO ** RI 1013 *** Autos Wab 12539 *** Autos Wab 12612 Port Hueneme CA Autos * Looks like "Cabts" - Cabinets? ** Looks like "House Merchandise" *** Looks like "Eauon WN" RI 1013, Wabash 12539, and Wabash 12612 are gondolas. I am going to assume the loads of autos were in crates for export. |
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Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...>
On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 12:44 PM, Gary Roe wrote:
A great example of how the car service rules were more honored in the breach. ACL to Chicago? P&LE to Minneapolis?? PRR to Montana??? Just goes to show, when the customer needs cars, any cars will do. Dennis Storzek |
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Tony Thompson
Dennis Storzek wrote: A great example of how the car service rules were more honored in the breach. ACL to Chicago? P&LE to Minneapolis?? PRR to Montana??? Just goes to show, when the customer needs cars, any cars will do. As I always chime in on this topic, the AAR found in surveys around 1950 that barely 2/3 of all loaded car movements were in accord with Car Service Rules. So there were plenty of exceptions -- but the majority of moves DID comply. Tony Thompson |
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Andy Laurent
Cabts/Cabinets are likely shipments of sewing machine cabinets from Singer in South Bend (the original builder of the NJI&I). They made these until shuttering the plant in 1955 due to fading supply of local hardwoods.
Andy L. Wisconsin |
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In the case of the PRR car, that's definitely A-Ok under AAR rules. If the PRR serves region X, then a PRR car in region X can be loaded there for -any- destination. The ACL car, though... definitely a rule being bent there. :-D Tim On 3/18/2021 4:01 PM, Dennis Storzek wrote: On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 12:44 PM, Gary Roe wrote: --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...>
On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 06:33 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote:
In the case of the PRR car, that's definitely A-Ok under AAR rules.I don't actually think any rules were bent to the breaking point... I had to read the Car Service Rules decision tree in the ORER again, and nowhere does it say to deny the shipper a car if the proper car cannot be "reasonably obtained." The fact that the NJI&I was an independent railroad probably works in their favor, a six mile shortline is only going to have so many empties available, and I'm not sure the AAR was going to consider requesting cars from connections reasonable. My real reason for pointing this out is nall the folks who insist empty cars always need to be routed toward home; they don't. Dennis Storzek |
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