Does anyone know what was published at Kable Printing? I know it was the
source of loads for many of the 50' ex-troop kitchen cars and possibly one
of the primary reasons the "Q" cars showed offline so much.
Charlie Vlk
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Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 1:50 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Forwarded Posts re: Psgr Train Operations
> Greetings all:
>
> Previously posted in re mail/express movements and war-surplus troop
kitchen
> cars:
>
> "The cars were assigned based upon the contract. Was a jeep, that's Q term
> for the former troop kitchen cars, adequate? A 60 foot car? As traffic
> demands oscillated, so did car assignments. ..." And: "... Another
nitpick:
> most large printing plants had (and still have) their own rail access,
often
> extending right into their buildings. Wouldn't it have been more likely
that
> the magazine's cars were loaded right in the printing plant?"
>
> My $.02:
>
> Kable Printing in Mt. Morris, Illinois, had such an interior loading
> arrangement and from my recollections of the late 50s to late 60s used the
> converted kitchen cars to the exclusion of other cars. I do recall a
> brand-new Chinese red plug-door box spotted nearby but never found out
what
> it was doing there. As far as the ex-kitchen cars being more suited to
the
> job, I wonder if it had more to do with the quality of rail on the branch
> from Oregon.
>
> As an aside, on one trip in the latter 60s the turn from Oregon managed to
> damage the roll-up door protecting the track into Kable Printing. I have
the
> teletype ordering crewmen to the inquiry in Oregon but don't know its
outcome.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Diven
>
>
>
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