[CBQ] Did the Burlington cut and ship its own ice ?

["Leo Phillipp via groups.io" <qutlx1=aol.com@groups.io>]

I viewed a picture today while doing some research that brought questions to 
mind.
It’s been well documented how the Q (like many railroads) operated on a 
vertical integration business model. That is it controlled and produced as many 
of its needed inputs itself as possible. Examples would be car building and 
repair ,car scrapping and parts reclaiming ,operating landfills ,gravel pits 
and hosts of other functions.

The icing platforms that re-iced the reefer cars had to consume massive 
quantities of ice. Something I’ve never thought about before is did the Q 
cut,load,ship,etc ice from locomotive water ponds/lakes (I’m thinking of places 
like Galesburg and Mendota ,IL that had large reservoirs built by the Q for 
locomotive water in the dead of winter before commercial mechanical ice houses 
were developed ? 
If so we’re the ice cutting/loading crews RR employees or hired seasonal 
contractors?

Leo Phillipp




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