[CBQ] Savanna Pick Up

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Paul,
 
All I can tell you is the "North End" (La Crosse Div ) had locals and  
secondary trains as we did on the C&I. 
The mtys I was asking about were moving east on the p/u from Savanna and  
had originated on the Q at Dubuque. That's what  raised the question  because 
this seemed odd given the loaded traffic pattern. 
But I am sure Rip was talking about mty banana cars going east because the  
story revolved around the rear brkmn getting in an mty  banana car while  
the head man and engine crew were switching at Chadwick. Seems the discussion 
 coming into town on the w/c was about watching out for the spiders in the 
mty  banana cars while scrounging for left over fruit in the cars. Seems the 
rear man  climbed up in the car and somehow the plug door got closed and 
locked behind  him?! 
I can tell you the same scenario played out on mty potato cars going north  
in the 1970s on the C&I.
 
Leo
 


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