Re: [CBQ] Rochelle Meat packing Plant

[Duncan Cameron <d.cameron@sympatico.ca>]

Any idea about how long these Swift cars were in use?
Swift operated a turkey plant in Keokuk (not sure of dates, but the building 
was still there a few years ago.
I've got a couple of steel reefers but would happily add to the fleet if the 
wood cars were still on the rails in the early sixties.
Duncan Cameron

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  Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:36 PM
  Subject: Fwd: [CBQ] Rochelle Meat packing Plant


    
  Rich,

  I'm going from memory here w/o looking at the supporting docs but I believe 
  Swift built the plant in 1948. It was still Swift when I had the pleasure 
  of switching it in the early to mid 70s. 
  The plant was off the "ice track" which was just east of the "coal chute 
  board". It was on the south side at the power plant xing east of town. It 
  was immediately east of Standard Oil. Another place that had interesting 
  aromas.

  Leo Phillipp 

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