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1. [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: herrick@krausonline.com; Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:55:01 -0600; Rich and listers, I once talked to a retired employee of the canning plant about their side business of fattening cattle on the by-products of vegetable packing, i.e. the discarded vines et al. He sa; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00222.html (12,167 bytes)
2. Fwd: [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:32:55 -0500 (EST); Bob, You are correct. Del Monte and silage were synomous well into the 80s. The silage pile was west of the can plant and was primarily the corn shocks,etc. It turned from light green to brown as it; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00224.html (16,536 bytes)
3. [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: "Douglas Harding" <doug.harding@iowacentralrr.org>; Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:37:05 -0600; Rich, if the price was better in Chicago than in St Paul, then yes you would see cattle on the move via rail in 1950. While much livestock traffic had moved to truck, rail was still a factor in your; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00228.html (14,037 bytes)
4. [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: "Douglas Harding" <doug.harding@iowacentralrr.org>; Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:51:08 -0600; Price was always a factor. If the plant in Rochelle or Chicago offered a better price, livestock in transit could be rerouted. Livestock owners always sought the best price. They might hold animals a; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00229.html (12,911 bytes)
5. Re: [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: rgortowski@aol.com; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:35:07 -0500 (EST); Doug, Thanks for the insight. This is great information and gives me something to think about. I had forgotten about the seasonality of the meat trade. Would there be much shipping/slaughter going on; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00230.html (15,697 bytes)
6. Re: [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:57:45 -0800 (PST); Doug, Thanks for the insight. This is great information and gives me something to think about. I had forgotten about the seasonality of the meat trade. Would there be much shipping/slaughter going o; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00231.html (17,563 bytes)
7. Re: [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: rgortowski@aol.com; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:51:57 -0500 (EST); John, Guilty as charged! (city slicker) Please note he used the proper termanology - I just "citified" it! Rich G. --Original Message-- From: John D. Mitchell, Jr. <cbqrr47@yahoo.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@ya; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00232.html (18,657 bytes)
8. [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: "Douglas Harding" <doug.harding@iowacentralrr.org>; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:19:20 -0600; Rich, meat slaughter originally was a winter only business, utilizing cold weather to preserve the meat. It became a year round business once ice refrigeration was put into practice. The refrigerator; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00234.html (14,546 bytes)
9. [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: "Richard Eisfeller" <bigeee@trainvideos.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:52:41 -0500; My parents owned a farm east of Savanna near Lanark (it was actually alongside the Milwaukee Road). In the fall of 1970 they got three cars of feeder cattle from a ranch near Bozeman delivered to Sav; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00236.html (12,584 bytes)
10. Re: [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:10:17 -0800 (PST); Rich, meat slaughter originally was a winter only business, utilizing cold weather to preserve the meat. It became a year round business once ice refrigeration was put into practice. The refrigerato; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00238.html (17,664 bytes)
11. Fwd: [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: herrick@krausonline.com; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:55:01 -0600; Leo, Do you recall where the stock was off-loaded at Rochelle? The retired Del Monte employee told me--I think--that it occured at the Q's stock chutes east of the depot. Assuming that this did not n; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00239.html (13,554 bytes)
12. Fwd: [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: qutlx1@aol.com; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:07:37 -0500 (EST); Bob, I don't know where stock would have been unloaded other than at the the stock pens by the depot. Your post is the first reference I have heard or seen concerning Del Monte feeding stock. I do no; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00240.html (17,941 bytes)
13. Fwd: [CBQ] Re: Stock Cars on the C&I (score: 1): Author: herrick@krausonline.com; Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:55:02 -0600; An old fart should never trust his memory. Dug back in my notes and the information about cattle fattening at Rochelle came from Russ Repetto, who as many of you know, was a conductor on the C&I for; /archives/BRHSLIST/2011-11/msg00241.html (15,457 bytes)

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