Charlie
Thanks for this extra "speculation" - if I find out any more, I'll let you
know.
Rupert Gamlen
from deep in the South Pacific
looking forward to a family barbeque on Christmas Day!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@comcast.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Transfer cars
> Rupert-
> I don't think they would have been used in "specials".....
> This is all speculation on my part, but I think they were just provided to
> the furniture manufactures who loaded them up with goods going to the same
> area....
> say towns along the same mainline... and the cars were loaded with the
> town
> order in mind. The car would be spotted on the team track at each town
> or,
> in the case of a small order, simply unloaded like an LCL car in a
> wayfreight.
> The NP had some very long (60'??) two door boxcars used in LCL service so
> this must have been a common concept for the 1880s and 1890s.
> Merry Christmas!
> Charlie Vlk
>
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