Mr. Cameron:
The question of which railroad does the switching and which carrier is selected
to be the "line haul" carrier is a function of what kind of switching district
the shipper is located within. I would suspect that the spur you noted at
Keokuk is one "closed" to reciprocal switching by other carriers- hence they do
not have access. Then the shipper would find it economically expedient to ship
on the CBQ as far as possible under the bill of lading.
If the spur is open to reciprocal switching, the CBQ local would switch the
plant but bring the car to the local carrier selected by the shipper to
originate the line haul. In Keokuk, the Rock Island (before 1980) and Wabash
(before 1960) were local carriers but I do not believe they were party to a
reciprocal switching agreement at Keokuk with the CBQ.
In present day Ottumwa, Iowa, Rosenmann's Scrap Yard is shipping scrap metal
in gondolas to a steel mill using an 1887 Milwaukee Road reciprocal switching
agreement. Rosenman's is physically located on the BNSF (CBQ), but the load is
tendered under the switch agreement to the CP (as successor to the Milwaukee)
for transport. Lately, however, the BNSF has been transporting the loads to the
CP at destination because it is just too much hassle to tie up two 6 axle
locomotives on the double main to switch the single car one time per day back
to the CP (Milw) interchange!
I hope this is an explanation, and is not too confusing.
Michael Johns
Burlington Junction Railway
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From: Duncan Cameron <d.cameron@sympatico.ca>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 1:17 PM
Subject: [CBQ] operational question
I wonder if someone who actually worked with a railroad could answer an
operational question.
It just occurred to me that several of Keokuk's industries were on the Q's
Moora spur.
This suggested that the Q would do the switching of those plants.
If the Q was being paid for the switching, would it be likely that the plant
would also use the Q to haul the car out of town?
That is, would there be a savings to the shipper if they did so?
Duncan Cameron
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