Russ
While some commodities, i.e. grain, etc., were
processed "in transit", all commodities were not. This
was referred to as "milling in transit", "ginning in
transit", "cleaning in transit", etc. and of course
they were unloaded and reloaded. But some commodities
such as coal were in fact stored in the same cars. Old
Ben Coal Co. leased tracks for 500 cars at Centralia
and 400 cars at Beardstown on the Q. At Mattoon, Il
they owned a 1000 car storage yard on the IC and at
the Rail to Water Terminal on the south side of
Chicago, they had another 500 car storage yard. The
coal stored here was "untouched by human hands". They
paid both demurrage and transit privileges on the
shipments. Some coal was cleaned and otherwise
processed "in transit" and this was unloaded and
reloaded after going through the prep plant. By the
way after 1962, when all coal billing was concentrated
at Centralia Yard Office, the only documentation for
loads moving from the mine to Centralia (bill or no
bill) was by slip bill or switchlist.
John
--- Russell Strodtz <vlbg@p...> wrote:
> John,
>
> Your answer implies that the product was reforwarded
> in it's original form. This was not the case.
> Basic grains
> could be turned into flour, malt, starch, or almost
> any
> other product. Poles could be treated. Steel pipe
> could
> be coated and wrapped, coke could be processed into
> a finer ground product.
>
> In addition, the most critical factor, was the
> ability to
> apply charges paid for inbound tonnage to outbound
> moves. This, in many cases, brought about free or
> very low revenue moves. An industry that looked to
> be busy would gradually be ignored by the Railroad
> and everyone would wonder why.
>
> This also greatly influenced new car construction or
> purchase. Wheat that came in loaded in old 40' box
> cars started to have to move out in new, expensive
> Airslides. At times the Traffic Department could
> get
> what the customer wanted because there was a decent
> bottom line but at times this was not the case and
> the
> cars would not be provided.
>
> Quaker Oats was considered one of the main culprits
> in the eyes of the CB&Q and BN.
>
> My first contract with CB&Q agency procedeures was
> in 1964 and has continued to this day, Only
> reference
> I ever heard to "Slip Bills" was to empty cars.
>
> Russ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, 02 August, 2002 09:44
> Subject: [BRHSlist] No Bills
>
>
> > Russ and List
> >
> > Just so we all understand "Storage in Transit, The
> > Freight Traffic Redbook, which is the definitive
> > authority on these matters defines "Storage in
> > Transit" thusly: "The stopping of freight traffic
> at a
> > point located between the point of origin and
> > destination to be stored and reforwarded at a
> later
> > date".
> >
> > "Stopping in Transit" is defined as: "The holding
> of a
> > shipment by the carrier on the order of the owner
> > after the transportation movement has started and
> > before it is completed".
> >
> > John D. Mitchell, Jr.
> >
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