[CBQ] Re: Rochelle Meat packing Plant - smells

["o_rrman" <mofferman@ameritech.net>]

Leo, speaking of smells - I have a sheepyard switching question.  Mr. Holding, 
maybe you could assist.  Were stock cars to be switched into the sheepyard in 
Montgomery dropped on the old north main or into the yard proper?  Were there 
differences depending on whether the cars came from the mailine or from the 
C&i? Did a switcher handle spotting or did the mainline train?  

Thanks, Mike O

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, qutlx1@... wrote:
>
> Rich,
>  
> The Rochelle plant was a Swift & Co. plant. It handled prinarily hogs  but 
> also beef. In the earliest days the stock arrived via rail on stock #1 and  
> #2. Outbound product was dressed and packaged meats. In the early days the 
> mtys  were iced on the "ice Track" next to the mains and then spotted for 
> loading.  Other outbound products were dried blood,bone 
> meal,hides,urea,edible 
> and  inedible tallow. Just thinking about it brings back the smells.
>  
> I will never forget those smells, the fat in the air and the cries of the  
> animals when the "sledge" missed. If you have ever had the flu and had troub
> le  keeping your stomach under control then you have a small idea of what it 
> was  like to switch this plant on a humid night.
>  
> Leo Phillipp
>  
>  
> 
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