If I remember carrectly both Swift and Armour in So.
St. Paul, MN had a kill floor, but it was not open to
public tours, TOO messy cleaning up everybodys barf,
Not a nice view, especially before meals.
--- Russell Strodtz <vlbg@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Doug,
>
> 40's is way too early for me but here are a few
> ideas.
>
> Minnesota-Iowa-Dakota Packing in Worthington MN.
> Don't know if new like IBP but they did exist.
> MIDX cars from Merchant's Dispatch with very nice
> logo on them. Of course IBP had plants in both
> Ft Dodge and Phelps but I think both were built
> new. Think Phelps had a ramp right at the plant.
> We used to send flats to Nishnabotna for their use.
>
> Do not know the history of Glenwood Packing in
> Glenwood IA but they were a fairly good shipper
> during the 60's. Used MNX's only.
>
> Bookey Packing in Des Moines bring back memories.
> For some reason they had a vendetta against the IHB.
> The route on the waybills included the statement;
> "Do not give to the IHB". Naturally Galesburg
> followed the blocking instructions just as they were
> supposed to as I'm sure the other roads out of Des
> Moines did. Made about as much of an impression on
> the railroad as those "When empty return to"
> stencils
> on the side of cars. Never could understand the
> reasoning behind that waste of effort.
>
> Sioux City Dressed beef should be the one in Sioux
> City. Siouxland Dressed Beef was in West Fargo and
> possibly in Sioux Falls. Later on Needham Packing
> bought them all up but still kept the "Sioux City"
> and "Siouxland" distinctions.
>
> I know Hygrade bought up the Agar plant at Monmouth
> but don't know about Iowa locations. The AGPX fleet
> was also Merchant's Dispatch cars but I never saw
> one in service, only stored at a shop. Monmouth was
> using HFPX cars by 1965.
>
> All I can think of at the moment,
>
> Russ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas Harding" <dharding@iowatelecom.net>
> To: <cgw@yahoogroups.com>; <cnw@yahoogroups.com>;
> <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>;
> "Mstl" <mstl@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:48 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] History question: meat packing
> plants
>
>
> > I am compiling a list of meat packing plants
> served by railroads in Iowa,
> > Southern Minn, and boundary cities. My focus is
> on the 40/50's. (hence no
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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