[CBQ] Re: Rochelle,IL

["Richard Eisfeller" <bigeee@trainvideos.com>]

I worked in the then new Del Monte distirbution center, plant 199, for three 
months in the summer of 1964.  Boxcars going to storedswith mixed canned and 
dry goods were shipped out during the day and inbound boxcars from cannaries 
were unloaded on the second shift that I worked.  That is why the plant needed 
to be switched twice a day.  One night a boxcar in the yard was not tied down 
correctly and got loose.  The yard was higher than the building as mentioned 
earlier.  Luckly the door to that track in the building and the ramps across 
the tracks were up or not in place.  The car slammed against the bumper post at 
the end of the track and "jumped two feet in the air" accordind to those who 
saw it.  Although I did not work on it I heard that this car was a mess to 
unload,.
Dick Eisfeller

Who lived in Rochelle from 1964 to 1966.  My first son was born in the small 
hospital there.  Total hospital bill - $183.  My how times have changed.  

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