That Potato Company was the Rutherford Potato Company built right where the
stock yard used to be.
Lamoyne
(BCR&NRY)
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From: Walter Ohrnell <wohrnell@sbcglobal.net>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:02:21 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Re:Reefers in Winter
Leo,
I had a large potato company in Burlington, probably one of the larger packers
in the country. They would receive potatoes in bulk from the Red River Valley.
These spuds were unloaded from the RSB cars then washed, graded, sized and then
bagged in 5,10, 20, 50 and 100 lb. bags. The bags were then loaded in RS cars
and shipped out. Out bound cars were BRE-WFE-FGE cars there were also NP and
MNX cars. I liked the meat cars the best. Mechanical cars 50' were converted
into bulk cars also.
FGE converted some reefers for the SOO into bulk cars. I would also receive
onions from the RI in former troop cars that had been converted. These were a
bear to work in.
Lenny
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