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Date: | Mon, 8 Nov 2021 20:32:41 -0600 |
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Just finished an excellent article in the 3rd quarter 2021 of “The Milwaukee Railroader” of the MRHA on that roads’ silk trains from Seattle/Tacoma to Chicago. The description of the silk cars and efforts made to keep them dry and temperature controlled was interesting. A long time ago the old heads on BN that I worked with used to talk about the silk and berry specials on the Q. The only thing I recall was their descriptions of speed and the written instructions to the effect of “make best time possible”. According to the MRHA article besides the Milw. the GN and NP handled the business to St Paul and handed it to the Q. The CN and CP also had some of the business. The article also details movements from San Francisco and Oakland via Central Pacific and U.P. To Omaha as early as 1869. Wonder if the Q handled any of this business from Omaha ? Does anyone have any info. about the Q’s silk trains and/or business ? Leo Phillipp -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#62731): https://groups.io/g/CBQ/message/62731 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/86923495/703214 Group Owner: CBQ+owner@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/CBQ/leave/1544929/703214/691670059/xyzzy [archives@nauer.org] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- |
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