you can safely assume most lines had livestock loadings (assuming they were in
cattle country and/or sheep/hogs) from the time the lines went in til BN except
as traffic moved to trucks more & more locations closed. (Packing industry
decentralized so hauls were shorter, also IBP then known as Iowa Beef Packers,
pioneered boxed beef so no need to ship "swinging beef" in reefers either)
Stock loadings are shown in Annual Reports up to the end; ditto for stock cars
in Equipment listings except again loadings dropped quickly in the 60's. BN
had livestock tariffs into early/mid 70's as I recall and have slides of same
taken in Sioux City on ex-GN in mid-70's.
Q & other grangers has double livestock traffic as cattle came from 'out west'
to be fattened in midwest and then shipped to packers.
Gerald
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: sartherdj@aol.com
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 03:47:04 +0000
Subject: [CBQ] Livestock Pens at Oregon, IL
I am trying to gather as much information as I can about the Livestock Pens and
their operation at Oregon, IL. Here is the information I have learned to date.
Bulletin #25 (table on p. 34) spells out that there were six pens and the track
adjacent to the pens had a capacity of ten cars. The photo album section of the
CB&Q Group has a photo posted by Bob Rees in the Oregon, IL album that shows a
corner of the Livestock Pen roof (photo by Jim Purcell taken in 1947). The
centerpoint of that photo is not the pens but the 2-6-2 "dinky" working the
yard in front of the Oregon depot. Then there is the 2003 Zephyr article about
Oregon, IL that features a 1928 schematic drawing of the track locations, CB&Q
facilities and industry locations switched by the local crew around Oregon, IL.
Here is what I would like to learn. When did the livestock operation at Oregon
begin? When did the operation end? What type of livestock were generally loaded
on to cars at this location? In general, what was the final destination of the
loaded livestock cars? Are there any photos that can be posted of the pens,
unloading and trackside loading chutes and shed?
Thanks, Dave Sarther Tucson, AZ
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