I worked the Clyde/Morton Park yards in 1949/50 and the grain inspection track
was the right next to the eastbound track that divided the inbound and outbound
yards.. This was before the yard was reworked and the mainline moved. One of
the clerks at Morton Park used to walk the track with a bag and scoop up as much
grain as he could where the inspectors dropped it and took it home to feed his
goats. We all called him "Short the goat man".
qutlx1@a... wrote:
> Can anyone shed any light on where all that grain that used to move in 40 ft
> box cars actually went? I'm referring to the days when every elevator on
> every branch would ship cars to various "grain inspection trks" at the larger
> terminals. At Cicero/Clyde I understand the grain inspection trk was in 'D'
> yard.I believe it was D-4(but I could be wrong about the specific trk.Cars
> would be billed from all the local elevators to this trk but I don't know
> what happened next.I assume the Cargills,Continentals,CPC,Clinton
> Corn,American Maize,etc came in and bought the loads but then where did they
> go?
> Of course since the late 50's,early 60's the grain goes directly into an 18
> wheeler in the field and goes to the "river terminal" direct. I can speak
> from first hand "research" of Q documents that it was this shift in the
> business that killed many of the branch lines.
> Leo
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