I swear, I'm not making this up! I believe, HCTX is
Headon Collision Tank Car Line. I didn't look it up in
the ORER(I'm away from them, right now), but if memory
serves..... Maybe some one can look it up quickly.
John
--- PSHedgpeth@aol.com wrote:
> Couple of off the top thoughts re seals.
>
> CRL...could it be CRI (Chicago River and
> Indiana)...one of the roads that
> served the Chicago Stock Yards.
>
> I'd be 97.3% sure that No. 62 was Train 62....Only
> place that I'm aware of
> that sequential files were maintained for wrecks was
> in the Freight Claims
> Dept..on the RI they were a 5 digit number I
> think..which incorporated the
> year....Local reference would always be to whatever
> the train was called locally.
>
> HCTX...I've seen this reporting mark, but can't
> bring it up...seems like it
> was a tank car line..I may wake up some night and
> have it...if so I'll post it.
>
> Most everyone is perhaps familiar with banana
> messengers...these were guys
> who actually traveled with the reefers of
> bananas...Bananas are extremely
> sensitive to temperature changes..they also generate
> considerable quantities of heat
> as they ripen...Consequently it was necessary to
> check the internal condition
> and temperature of the bananas frequently, The
> messenger could then order
> the vents closed or open, heat or ice as the case
> required.
>
> I only saw one banana messenger during my long and
> sordid railroad career...I
> was working the Ravenna (NE) switch engine (11p-7a)
> summer 1956....We had one
> of the mainline WB freights in 79 or 75...I was
> walking up the yard and
> spied a decrepit figure carrying a smoked up barn
> lantern creeping through the
> yard...I asked one of the other trainmen who that
> was...reply..That's the banana
> messenger...They were not from the upper levels of
> society.
>
> Pete
>
>
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>
>
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