Re: [CBQ] unit coal trains - equipment trusts

["John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>]

Yes, but the ICC did not allow muti-car rates until the 60's. The Southern 
Railway ran the first true unit trains i.e. with unit train rates and rules for 
 coal in Circa 1961.

--- On Tue, 11/30/10, Norm Metcalf <n.metcalf@att.net> wrote:


From: Norm Metcalf <n.metcalf@att.net>
Subject: Re: [CBQ] unit coal trains - equipment trusts
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 9:14 AM


  



While it may not have been the first railroad to run unit trains the 
Denver & Northwestern was completed in 1903 for the purpose of running 
unit coal trains from Leyden CO to Denver CO.
Norm Metcalf, Boulder Colorado

On 11/30/2010 08:01 AM, Gerald Edgar wrote:
>
> [snip]
> How did this inception of 'unit trains' rate in timeliness with other RR's 
> John? Another great example of CB&Q innovation during the Murphy years!
>[snip]








      

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