3 yrs inclusive. 19 foreign roads with 27 cars. Milw & CRIP (1 bagged
feed) had 3 ea; C&NW (1 grain), SOU, AT&SF (1 clothes washers) & UP (1
bagged feed from Ralston Purina in Ottumwa to Fairfield) 2 ea. There were 1
ea from Wab, IT (Philco Dryers from Fairfield to Mpls), D&M (same load &
train as the IT), CGW, CN, Erie, E-L, PRR, MP (wood flooring), LN (agt noted
it was an XDF box probably because of the rarity of Damage Free cars at the
time), N&S (that's the old Norfolk & Southern - for them a rare 40' box car
in their sea of coal hoppers), B&O (chairs to Des Moines) & NYC (scrap
rubber from tire plant in Des Moines, probably Firestone).
Private & RR owned lines numbered 13 with 32 cars. Leading the parade
(either a lot of carelessness in St. Louis or a lot of break-ins) was
StLRX (Bud) with 18! GARX (box cars in the GATX fleet) had 2 (1 was 50908
that burned on 8-16-62 with load of canned goods from Hunts Foods) and the
rest were one ea: RBWX 64008, WHIX (WFE mark) with potatoes, ART, NX 1623,
PFE, WFE, MORX (Morrell), FHLX (loaded with grain doors so apparently a box
car but cannot find reptg mark in OER*) and EORX (Marfac Div of Cities
Service) a tank car with gas leak - set on freezer track (Morrell's?) and
repaired by local Thermo Gas employee. There as also an unidentified
trailer on a TTX that had milk bottles going to Des Moines.
(*who were major mfgs of grain doors in the eaely 60's - perhaps I can track
it that way - my mind's a blank and can't put my hand on my book of RR
suppliers)
The Q had 8 frt cars & 2 BTL trailers (5344 & 20-7117) on TTX flats. Frt
included 36984 with bagged feed for Mt. Pleasant, 12272 with co. matls from
Lincoln partially unloaded @ Ottumwa and 41070 loaded with wool.
Next "64 to the end! PS - will trade this book for
something similar from LaCrosse Division.
Gerald A. Edgar
230 W. 5th St.
Garner, IA 50438-1404
(641) 923-2573
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