Re: [CBQ] Operations Questions About Dedicated Service

["TEB2771" <teb2771@earthlink.net>]

An article in RMC several years ago by Brett Barker and T.J. Krueger told the story of such dedicated L&N cars from a factory in Kentucky. Grebe’s, an appliance store in Wausau, WI, would get carload(s) and advertise a carload sale from the cars parked on a team track. I think they went back empty to the factory. Tom Burg 

On Aug 18, 2024, at 12:32 PM, Rick Keil <rkeil6721@hotmail.com> wrote:

Questions about dedicated service cars

I am going to use appliances as the example but it could be anything. 

There were cars assigned to appliance makers like Hotpoint, Whirlpool etc. I understand the shipping part, the cars are assigned to the specific factory for loading.

What is murky to me is where do the cars go to be unloaded? I imagine a single consignee, let's say Montgomery Ward, could take quite a few out of a load, but what about mom and pop appliance stores? 

Would a destination like Omaha wait until they had a load large enough to be cost effective? 

Could multiple consignees have appliances on the same car?

Where would they be unloaded? The Burlington Freight House, some other warehouse?

Food stuffs seem a bit more straightforward as there were wholesalers and grocery store distribution for a particular brand. 

But what about other stuff in stores like Procrorvand Gamble products. The Q has dedicated cars for that service too.

Thanks from an ignorant non railroader.

Ricky Keil

St Louis, MO

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