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These were probably "roller" cars or cars of lumber purchased by a lumber broker from a mill but not yet sold to a retail customer. The broker would bill the car to themselves to some point and try to sell the car while the car was moving. In this case the cars were billed to these brokers "c/o Agent CB&Q Savanna, Ill". When the cars were sold the broker would divert the car to the final destination. Hopefully the cars were sold prior to arrival at Savanna. If not the car would be put on a hold track and the agent would notify the broker that the car was on hand and ask for "disposition". The broker had 48 hours to give instructions after which the cars were subject to "demurrage" and the railroad charged for storage. Usually the cars were sold enroute and diverted. This was done on the Q through the diversion desk located in the Service Bureau which was part of the Transportation Department at the GOB. The Q allowed one free diversion per car. Savanna was a good point as a car could go towards Chicago or towards St. Louis as well. This kind of traffic was actively solicited by the Granger roads from origin mills on the GN, NP, SP, and UP. Traffic from MILW origins was difficult as the MILW was also a Chicago carrier. Perishable cars were also bought and sold this way. On Monday, October 12, 2015 9:22 PM, "thommack@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote: I have
also been going through GN wheel reports for 1968 and found 7 boxcar loads of
lumber in various trains marked as going to Savanna between 4-16-1968 and
4-18-1968. There were four consignees: BILCOLLUM
– 3 cars BONSALES
– 1 car GRESTALBR
– 1 car JEWCAMLBR
– 2 cars Interestingly
GN Train 82 on 4-16-1968 had three boxcars destined for Savanna, 2 for
BILCOLLUM and 1 for BONSALES. Considering the amount of cars shipped over just
three days, it seems like Savanna was a busy place for lumber. Can
anyone identify any of these consignees? Did any
of these consignees have their own siding in Savanna? If no
siding, where were the cars offloaded? Tom
Mack Cincinnati,
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