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1. [CBQ] Re: Hide Cars (score: 1)
Author: Denny Anspach <danspach@macnexus.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 09:17:40 -0800
On most railroads hide cars were commonly wood sheathed cars near the ends of their lives. In my experience green hides were most commonly piled in loose interleaved with layers of salt to keep the h
/archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00143.html (10,621 bytes)

2. [CBQ] Re: Hide Cars (score: 1)
Author: "Mark Heiden" <mark_heiden@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:49:21 -0600
Hi Denny, Those must have been some memorable summers! How big would a hide be? I realize this would vary according to animal, but would a hide be removed in one piece or cut into parts as needed? Co
/archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00146.html (11,507 bytes)

3. RE: [CBQ] Re: Hide Cars (score: 1)
Author: <mmatalis@sprynet.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:13:29 -0600
Back in the era of my first job in my idle moments I'd dig out a thick book called the Uniform Freight Classification (commonly known as the UFC) and page thru it looking for the weirdest commodity t
/archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00148.html (12,000 bytes)

4. Re: [CBQ] Re: Hide Cars (score: 1)
Author: Russell Strodtz <19main@groundcontrol.us>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:06:57 -0600
Mark, While this is only remotely related in pre gold rush California the largest export product was hides. In "Two Years Before The Mast" by Richard Henry Dana he goes into great detail as to how th
/archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00150.html (11,025 bytes)

5. [CBQ] RE: Hide Cars (score: 1)
Author: "Douglas Harding" <d.harding@mchsi.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:37:57 -0600
Mark Doc Denny has more good stories about that meat packing experience. I have been doing extensive study on meat packing plants and related subjects and he has been a big help. Among my files is on
/archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00155.html (10,238 bytes)

6. [CBQ] RE: Hide Cars (score: 1)
Author: "Douglas Harding" <d.harding@mchsi.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:55:59 -0600
Mark A cow hide weighs on average 70lbs. Now imagine it being wet and slimy, with lots of greasy "stuff" hanging from it. Add the smell. Then picture loading a box car, one hide at a time after it ha
/archives/BRHSLIST/2005-11/msg00166.html (10,338 bytes)


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