Kable Printing during those years as well as now, was heavy into catalog
work for such customers as Aldens mail order which is now long gone. The
mail was loaded directly into the cars from the finishing dept. via
conveyors with a couple people in the car to stack the mail. Tracks 3 &
4 both indoor tracks held I believe 6 cars each. Track 3 is gone and
track 4 recieves the bulk share if incoming paper for the Roto presses.
Waste paper is the only outbound shipment from the plant these days and
all of the mail goes by truck to chicago to be loaded on the various
RR's. At one time we did our own piggy back loading but I do not recall
the final year of operation. Hope this helps. Jerry
Charlie Vlk wrote:
>
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <WPDiven@a...>
> To: <wleath@s...>; <BRHSlist@egroups.com>
> 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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