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(erielack) re:A&P facility . . .



. . .or any other food distributor.  They seldom made food -- or any other product.  They bought them and resold them.  Inbounds would be anything you could buy at the store; outbounds would be empties, or empties with returning pallets.  Many cars would be "assigned" by the origin or destination railroad and would run captive: loaded one way, empty the other by reverse route.

Your waybills should reflect your affection for reality.  Real: onions from Gilroy, CA, via WP-DRGW-MP-GM&O-Erie.  Whimsical: onions from Gilroy, CA, via WP-GN-CP-SOO-Erie or WP-ATSF-SD&AE- NdeM-T&P-MP-GM&O-Erie . . . or whatever you think will give your crews a chuckle.  After all, they still have to drill out the car.

Anything you can or could buy came from some origin to a warehouse for final distribution by :=( truck.  Have some fun!

Randy Brown ELHS#16

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