Leo,
That's right, most of the tracks at Casey and Teague are leased
for the storage of plastic loads and empties. What I was
refering to was places like Tulsa where some of the shippers
tried to use yard space to hold cars for billing. Even at
Prairie Du Chien Fina leases one car length of the Westward
siding to hold a single inbound car until 3M wants it.
Some trucking companies have even set up reload centers,
(like at Lorenzo where they even have a locomotive), and
this suits the RR just fine. Lot of private trackage that
does not interfere with other customers.
This is straying away from the "Q". Before their time.
Russ
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To: <BRHSlist@Y...>
Sent: Wednesday, 31 July, 2002 21:05
Subject: [BRHSlist] No Bills
> John, I'm familiar with the long standing practice of billing a car to
some
> distant destination and then diverting it enroute while you brokered or
sold
> it. Didn't know these were refered to as no bills. Belief lumber,produce
and
> meat were often handled in this manner. And as you mention coal. Wasn't
this
> sometimes referred to as storage in transit? I remember loads of flour
being
> routed to kingdom and then back in this way.
> Russ,It's my understanding that the bulk of the platic loads rest in SIT
> (Storage in Transit)Yards and then are billed out to destination. For
example
> Equistar at Morris does this w/the 'J' at Joliet. It's really BIG in
Houston.
> SIT yards. everywhere.
> Leo
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