Gerald
Thanks for this early Christmas gift, it will give me something to work on
instead of enjoying the sunshine!
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald A. Edgar" <vje68@hotmail.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 1:22 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Annual Christmas gift to the list
> Every Dec I try to find some unpublished, uncirculated data to share
> with the group and this yr Santa came to the rescue. A friend of a
> friend found a Burlington reefer lettering/diagram book in an old
> home being remodeled in Westmont (ex-Q Mechanical emp?). Previous
> publications including a BB or two, have covered National Car fairly
> well but noted some data as to all the lessee's, paint schemes, car
> numbers, etc were not available. Well, here is what may be a pretty
> complete list with drwgs dated from 1924 to 1937 with the bulk
> being "32 & 33. The index is undated but appears to be several yrs
> later as the number of cars in each series has diminished. In any
> case here are 63 (SIXTY THREE!) lessees of National (the book also
> has dwrgs for BRE, CS, FWD, WFE & FGE). Enjoy!
>
> I'm listing them as shown in the index which is partially by yr but
> certainly not alphabetical. The book also shows renumberings. Gerald
>
> # OF CARS LESSEE STATE NOTES
>
> 100 Kahn Packing Ohio 2 paint variations
>
> 10 Kohrs Packing Iowa " "
>
> 10 Otoe IA/Neb
>
> 8 Frazier Packing Indiana 2 paint variations
>
> 15 Vincennes Packing "
>
> 8 Producers Cold Stg MO 2 paint variations
>
> 1 Keokuk Canning Iowa
>
> 46 Carnation various Cars in series of 40 & 6
>
> 3 Pearl Packing Indiana 2 paint variations
>
> 8 Ross & Co. "
>
> 2 Meeters, Inc. Illinois
>
> 20 Goetz (beer) Missouri
>
> 10 Mahaffey Illinois
>
> 5 Sioux Produce Sioux City, IA
>
> 5 Peerbolte Illinois
>
> 4 Farmers' Coop Minnesota 'Pelican Butter'
>
> 2 " " Corning/Afton, IA 'Table Queen Butter'
>
> 2 McIlheny Creamery Texas
>
> 2 McDonough Refrig Line (no I.D. as to what or where)
>
> 40 Dingfelder & Balish Indiana onions
>
> 1 Miami County Egg "
>
> 1 Banner Creamery Texas
>
> 4 Johnson Produce Minn 'Cokato Chickens'
>
> 2 Dutch Valley Growers IL
>
> 2 McMullan Bro's IL (no I.D. as to product)
>
> 2 Tivoli-Union Colorado beer
>
> 2 Monarch Brewing IL
>
> 18 Henderson Produce MO
>
> 8 Chicago Macaroni IL
>
> 40 Fairmont Creamery Minn (car series of 10 & 30)
>
> 20 Hamm Brewing Minn
>
> 8 John Stegner Ohio (2 paint variations - meat)
>
> 1 Colorado Poultry & Egg Co.
>
> 8 Merriams Biscuit ? (no I.D. as to where)
>
> 30 Rocky Mt. Produce Colorado
>
> 4 Schneider Brewing " " (2 variations 'Century')
>
> 3 Ditolla Produce " "
>
> 3 Illinois Onion Growers
>
> 3 Bourk-Donaldson-Taylor Colorado (fruits/vegetables)
>
> 4 Glaser-Crandall Illinois (2 series of 2 cars)
>
> 2 Central Creamery Nebraska
>
> 2 Great Falls Brewery Montana (WFEX cars)
>
> 2 Heileman's LaCrosse, WI beer of course!
>
> 5 Columbia Conserve Indiana soup
>
> 2 T. T. Cowens Illinois produce???
>
> 4 Fehr Brewing Ky
>
> 20 LaCrosse Brewing Wis (2 series of 10 'Peerless')
>
> 1 Jonas Kaufmann IL (no I.D. as to product)
>
> 3 Onalaska Pickle Wis (just north of LaCrosse)
>
> 2 Fontanelle Brewing Neb 'Robin Hood'
>
> 30 Coors Colo Still a BN shipper!
>
> 100 Swift Packing -various-
>
> 2 Kray Packing (no drwg so no idea where)
>
> 2 Mathieson Alkali none shown dry ice
>
> 6 A.F. Thibodeaux none shown butter, eggs, poultry
>
> 5 Narragansett Rhode Is. beer
>
> 3 Long Prairie Creamery Minn
>
> 65 Lewis Packing none shown
>
> 15 Kentucky Independent Packing
>
> 250 Fruit Growers Express -various- (double deck)
>
> 15 Hunter Packing none shown
>
> 15 Emmant Packing " "
>
> 5 Omaha Packing Neb
>
> 30 Superior Packing none shown (Nebraska?)
>
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