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1. Re: [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "Kirby Lambert kirby@prospectortech.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 19:34:00 -0600; Hol: How would grain have been hauled in 1920? Would it have been in boxcars with boarded up doors? Kirby Lambert __._,_.___ Posted by: Kirby Lambert <kirby@prospectortech.com> Visit Your Group Yahoo; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-12/msg00132.html (12,818 bytes)
2. Re: [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 03:00:33 +0000; Kirby: That's correct; boxcars with wooden -- and later, cardboard -- grain doors nailed in place were used to haul grain well into the 1960s, when covered hoppers finally supplanted them. Hol From:; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-12/msg00133.html (15,724 bytes)
3. Re: [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 08:12:01 -0600; Kirby: That's correct; boxcars with wooden -- and later, cardboard -- grain doors nailed in place were used to haul grain well into the 1960s, when covered hoppers finally supplanted them. Hol From:; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-12/msg00134.html (15,683 bytes)
4. Re: [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 12:27:45 -0500; Hol Technically, those "Cardboard" doors were known as "Paper Grain Doors"...two main manufacturers "Signode" and "International Stanley". This "changeover from Wood to the "paper doors" was going on; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-12/msg00135.html (16,911 bytes)
5. Re: [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "George Crawford georgecrawfordsr@comcast.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 12:44:34 -0500; When I was growing up on the Q in the 50' we kids would grab a couple of claw hammers and crowbars and jump up into the empty grain cars parked on the passing siding behind the house. We would take t; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-12/msg00138.html (23,163 bytes)
6. Re: [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 13:31:25 -0500; NOel..That stuff belonged to the railroad, not the elevators...Those wood grain doors served lots of "nefarious" purposes..one of the reasons the RR's were excited about getting rid of them..There wa; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-12/msg00140.html (23,546 bytes)
7. Re: [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "CenturyLink Customer rksmes@q.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 15:27:51 -0500 (EST); In regards to the Paper Grain Doors: I was the Plant Engineer/Maintenance Sup at the Kurth Malting Terminal Elevator and Malt House in Minneapolis in 1962 when the first covered hoppers containing ba; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-12/msg00148.html (18,045 bytes)
8. Re: [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "runextra@gmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: 25 Dec 2015 12:54:49 -0800; When I came to Sheridan, WY in 1975 the Hardin,MT elevators still loaded grain boxcars as did the smaller elevator at Arvada, WY. I also ran several "grain boxes" trains which were nothing but empty; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-12/msg00151.html (14,140 bytes)
9. Re: [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 16:02:57 -0500; Those trains of mty boxcars for loading were known as "GRAIN BOX DRAGS". Back in "the day"..., at least on the Rock Island any train which was comprised of, shall we say, low priority shipments was k; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-12/msg00152.html (14,824 bytes)
10. Re: [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "'John D. Mitchell, Jr.' cbqrr47@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 23:44:23 +0000 (UTC); Those trains of mty boxcars for loading were known as "GRAIN BOX DRAGS". Back in "the day"..., at least on the Rock Island any train which was comprised of, shall we say, low priority shipments was; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-12/msg00153.html (17,826 bytes)
11. Re: [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "STEVEN HOLDING sholding@sbcglobal.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 04:01:09 +0000 (UTC); Those trains of mty boxcars for loading were known as "GRAIN BOX DRAGS". Back in "the day"..., at least on the Rock Island any train which was comprised of, shall we say, low priority shipments was; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-12/msg00154.html (20,345 bytes)
12. [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "kirby@prospectortech.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: 25 Nov 2015 09:20:10 -0800; Circa 1920, What would have been the typical equipment used on a branch like the St Francis Branch? IE: engines, stock cars, box or flats, passenger/stockman caboose, caboose? I am working on a proje; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-11/msg00116.html (11,244 bytes)
13. Re: [CBQ] St Francis Branch (score: 1): Author: "LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:25:28 -0500; November 25, 2015 Kirby - For others in our Group who may not be familiar with the St. Francis Branch, it's described here: http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/harlan/orleans/ Hope this helps t; /archives/BRHSLIST/2015-11/msg00117.html (12,483 bytes)

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