Fwd: [CBQ] Grain Haulage

["Kirby Lambert kirby@prospectortech.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

I did not reply to the correct address with my message below. This will correct that.

What fascinates me about the videos is that they could very easily be on the Q.

I have mentioned before about Ralph Moody's books about farming and cattle raising in Decatur county Kansas. They center on the community of Cedar Bluffs which was on the St. Francis Branch of the Q. At one time there were 3 elevators in Cedar Bluffs. I imagine that the grain elevators that he delivered grain to in 1919-21 were not that different from the one shown operating in the film. In fact in the books trucks are starting to replace horse drawn wagons for grain delivery.

As recently as 1987 there was still a wooden crib elevator in use in Cedar Bluffs still shipping grain by rail although I think the St. Francis Branch was by  then a short line. I believe I heard that the line was just recently embargoed for bad track. I think the elevator is now gone. The CB&Q Station building was moved to the George Miner farm where it was in use as a storage building in 1987. My wife and I visited the remains of Cedar Bluffs in 1987.

Kirby Lambert

kirby@prospectortech.com

Begin forwarded message:

From: Kirby Lambert <kirby@prospectortech.com>

Date: November 15, 2016 4:19:36 PM CST

To: Tim <tf5077@yahoo.com>

Cc: Kirby Lambert <kirby@prospectortech.com>

Subject: Re: [CBQ] Grain Haulage

I found some further information on the second video, the one named "Grain Elevator".

It was filmed in 1981 and the reason they were still loading boxcars is that the rails were not heavy enough for the grain hoppers.

The location was Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan.

That elevator was torn down in 2014.

Kirby Lambert

kirby@prospectortech.com

On Nov 13, 2016, at 9:22 AM, Tim wrote:

Very interesting Kirby thanks for sharing.....
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On Sun, 11/13/16, Kirby Lambert kirby@prospectortech.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: [CBQ] Grain Haulage
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Cc: "Kirby Lambert" <kirby@prospectortech.com>
Date: Sunday, November 13, 2016, 8:24 AM


 









      I have discovered some video's on YouTube that
may be of interest.
They
are both about grain elevators, the first has some scenes in
the beginning of farmers loading grain directly into
boxcars. I haven't watched all of this one so there may
be more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X9R5iwQuXA
The second shows an elevator man
installing a grain door on a car, moving the car and then
loading it from the elevator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGqZn5s_q_Y
Let me know what you think of
these.

Kirby
Lambertkirby@prospectortech.com
On Jan
2, 2016, at 4:40 AM, 'Tom Kline' TKline@airmail.net
[CBQ] wrote:















 




During the grain rush it was not
uncommon for some of our switchmen to give ‘late’ hand
signals while switching in the yard resulting in some pretty
rough couplings.  This ‘accidental’ mishandling would
cause or exacerbate any grain leaking from the doors as Leo
mentioned.  This always seemed to happen on the yard tracks
away from the office and ones with roads or trails alongside
where you could drive a vehicle down.  During hunting
season after dark it was not unusual to find the deer
hunters of the crews scooping up spilled corn into sacks to
use in their feeders and hauling trunkloads of the stuff
home.  At other times crewmen who were raising a handful of
corn eating animals at home would do the same thing. 
Occasionally a resident from the nearby neighborhood would
be seen walking around with a burlap sack doing the same
thing.   Tom KlineHouston  From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]
Sent:
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 8:18 PM
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
<CBQ@yahoogroups.com>Subject:
[CBQ] Grain Haulage    Steve mentioned the box car
at Congress Park leaking from the grain doors and car
doors.
I'll add that the cars,both wood
and steel leaked from all manner of spots along the car
bodies.
Fork lifts were often used to
open/close box car doors at industrial companies. From time
to time a fork would slice into a car side while pushing the
door.

Way Cars tool lockers
were liberals supplied with rags. Train crews often stuck
these into the gaps in grain loaded box cars that were
leaking.

Probably something
you've never seen on a model RR !

Leo Phillipp




















    



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