Russ,
Thank you.
Tom
-- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Russell Strodtz <19main@g...> wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Questions 1 thru 4 no answer. Know nothing about the operation
> of these trains.
>
> Question 5. Most of the time they did not. Stock car usage was
> seasonal and might require large numbers of cars that would be
> for short periods and many of the hauls would be fairly short.
> A lot of range cattle and sheep were kept on public land in the
> Summer and were moved around every Spring and Fall.
>
> By the late 20's most roads had substantial fleets of stock cars.
> They were cheap to build and with the nature of livestock loading
> would last a long time. Would just be stored until needed.
>
> In the case of the movement of hogs from the Midwest to Tobin
> Packing at West Albany and Rochester that Customer was willing to
> make a commitment to rail service long after many others had gone
> to trucks. In exchange the CB&Q built 100 cars and both the CB&Q
> and NYC leased excess Mather 50' double decks from North American.
> This was a 12 month deal and the Railroads must have felt is was
> worth the investment. Penn Central put an end to that business.
>
> Russ
>
>
>
>
>
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