Gerald,
Track scales are not the same as stock scales. Track scales weight cars,
while stock scales are a wooden scale platform with a perimeter fence and
gates on each end for weighting livestock to be loaded into stock cars. See
BB#25 for details of stock scales.
Nelson
-----Original Message-----
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cy
Svobodny
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 12:18 PM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Stock Scale Layout
I worked for AMTRAK for 30 years. In that time spent time assigned to
Winona, MN. The Milw. Rd. had a track scale at Winona because of the huge
amount of cars of grain etc both inbound and outbound. Each had to be
weighed. La Crosse, WI only 30 miles away did not have a scale even
though it was a large location. They would bring the few cars to be
weighed to Winona and send on their way from there. Same road freight ould
pick up from either city and forward to whereever. La Crosse at one time
had its own scale. Track scales are outdoors and require much
maintainence. The B&B would come to Winona once a year for several weeks
and spend about a week on just the scale, also a day several times a
year.
--- On Sat, 6/19/10, Gerald & Virginia Edgar <vje68@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Gerald & Virginia Edgar <vje68@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Stock Scale Layout
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 10:37 AM
I'd agree with Steve that many small yards did not have scales as few of
those I photographed in the 70's had scales or any evidence that there had
been a scale. I would assume a lack of scales at outlying points was
partially due to cost. Does anyone have a list of CB&Q owned scales?
Obviously with the # of scale test cars the Q (& other RR's) once had, there
were a lot of scales to test & certify.
Gerald
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