Couple of things could be happening. At first I thought these might be cars containing hogs headed to Tobin Packing. So it could be a feed and rest stop, with the hogs being fed, watered, etc. Or it could be hog showers, using track side pipes to cool down the hogs enroute. But Tobin in both Rochester and West Albany, NY were served by the NYC not the NKP. CBQ stockcars going to Tobin were given to the NYC in the Chicago area. Now there were other slaughter operations in the east and the NKP was a major shipper of meat to the north east, as well as livestock
Upon a closer look at the photos, the first photo looks to have an empty stockcar, indicating these could be empty cars returning to the CBQ. The second photo only shows two stockcars on the head end. This could indicate cars with animals as it was common to put livestock on the head end. or they could be empties the conductor wanted as far from the caboose as possible. Do we know if the train pictured is EB or WB?
I agree it does appear to be a roundhouse or railroad shops in the background. Stockyards were typically at the end of the yard that may pickups and setups easiest. Not knowing the NKP very well I don’t know where they might have had a feed and rest station.
Doug Harding
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Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q Livestock Cars
Since the subject of stock cars came up; Attached are a couple of scans from Tom Hammer's negatives showing a couple of CB&Q stock cars on the NKP. From the order of the negatives, it looks like they are being set out somewhere in NKP territory. I have no data as to location. But look at that chimney and the other stacks look to be on a roundhouse. I can only guess that this is in 1957 or 1958 from my conversation with Tom.
Dale Grice
On 1/9/2021 4:13 PM, Douglas Harding wrote:
Yes that is correct, Calumet City was the IHB feed and rest yard.
Wasn’t Calumet City the IHB feed and rest yard ? If so these sheep are being reloaded for movement to eastern markets. The Q would have interchanged them to the Harbor at the “Park” (Congress Park).
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