In fact almost everything that today moves in "bulk",
once moved in packaged form either in barrels, crates
or sacks, with exception of coal and even then
"smithing" coal was shipped in sacks. Even a lot of
refined oil products were shipped in barrels.
John
--- Steven Holding <s.holding@charter.net> wrote:
> Gerald
>
> In the era you are taking about most grain was also
> shipped via bags. Pre
> automobile saw a lot more oats grown and hay
> shipped to cities for the
> horse and livery trade. If you had money you had
> your own stable out back.
> Cement was another commidy shipped via sacks with
> often one job at a
> construction site just to pickup and clean the sacks
> for return
> sjh
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Virginia Edgar" <vje68@hotmail.com>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:14 PM
> Subject: [BRHSlist] re: 1898 barrel & furniture cars
>
>
> >
> > Until tank cars came along, liquids shipped in
> barrels (as did many foods)
> > with emptys gathered at certain points & shipped
> back in barrel cars -
> > basically flats with superstructure to keep them
> within confines of car.
> As
> > emptys were light, they could be stacked high.
> > As for furniture cars - they were used for bulkly
> lightweight items such
> as
> > furniture, buggys (remember this is
> pre-automobile), etc much like in the
> > 1960's baby hi-cubes were used for applicances and
> 86' high cubes for auto
> > parts and the like; ie. bulky yet light loads.
> > The Q developed 39' furniture cars in 1890's when
> std box was 28 & 30'.
> > Remember too 100 yrs ago box cars hauled all the
> grain, all the bulk
> > chemicals (bagged), etc that later went to covered
> hoppers.
> > AT the St. Paul meet was a G scale poulty car in
> the model contest with a
> > lot of documentation as to that type of car. The
> only question left was
> > when they stopped running them, I just checked my
> copy of The American
> > Freight Car by White and says about 1960.
> >
> > Gerald A. Edgar
> >
> > 230 W. 5th St.
> > Garner, IA 50438-1404
> >
> > (641) 923-2573
> >
> >
>
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