Re: [CBQ] Re: Country Elevator Operations

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

A lot of those wooden grain doors made their way into a lot of "projects" both on and off the railroad. My late father in law's (a retired Q man) farm was filled with them!

--- On Wed, 1/2/13, Paul <paulschmidtart@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Paul <paulschmidtart@gmail.com>
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Country Elevator Operations
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 4:19 PM

 

Boxcar wooden grain doors were distributed to section crews and stored. In anticipation of the shipping or harvest season the grain elevators and railroad agents would make an estimate about how many doors would be needed by each shipper and they would by dolled out as needed. They were expensive and the railroad wished to keep track and retain them so records were kept. This system and boxcar grain shipping was still prevalent in Northern Illinois in the early 70s but quickly disappeared.

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" wrote:
>
> The subject of how grain was loaded into box cars at country elevators has come up and has been discussed from time to time on this list. I found an excellent video describing how this was done. You can view the video on my blog at the following link:
>
> http://trainmasterbob.storeblogs.com/2012/12/31/granger-railroading-country-grain-elevator-memories/
>
> Bob Stafford
> Marysville, WA
>

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