Smithing coal is still shipped in sacks
sjh
----- Original Message -----
From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] re: 1898 barrel & furniture cars
> 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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