Jim, GREAT STUFF! For a little bit more clarification, the "bean" that they refer to in these loads are soybeans. Drew shipped out millions of gallons of refined oil products over the years - they were the refiners. (I assume the raw soybean oil came into Drew from elsewhere for processing, hence the loads shown below; I've never seen inbounds of "soybeans" :). I have many EL and DL&W waybills for Boonton, and the load was often simply referred to as "Soya." Also of interest is the car of soybean oil for Lever Bros. on the NYS&W (I'm assuming for soap production) Is this a local freight? The crew isn't doing a very good job of blocking cars for forwarding, that's for sure! :) - Paul > Ok guys...here it is. I'm a little late because I was out of town. > First, a bit of explaination. This data was hand written on 5x7 note > pad sheets by somebody in the Swift & Co traffic dept and given to the > NKP. Each sheet has a stamp "received Nickel Plate Road, date, > Frankfort, IND". I tried to use the abbreviations used on the sheets. > Where "VAN" appears it refers to the PRR Vandalia lines with which the > NKP had an interchange at the east end of the yard. These cars were > taken directly to the interchange. The "xtown" indication refers, I > believe, to where the load of raw beans originated. The beans > apparently arrived at Swift in Frankfort in other cars and were > processed into meal and sent on. All of the originating > locations were > local elevators, some on the NKP, some not. I guess the > local elevator > did not have milling capability and used Swift to sell bean > meal. After > I got into these particular lists I noticed that there many > 27000 series > NKP cars. During this time the NKP was rebuilding double > sheathed cars > into these cars at Frankfort so these loads were probably the first > loads for these cars. The next time I will pick a different time to > avoid this and get more interesting car numbers. The list is best > viewed on the full screen. > > > DATE CAR LOAD ROUTING > > 6-2-48 NKP 27736 bean meal VAN-Goodrich Bro,Winchester,IN via > PRR > > NKP 16779 bean meal VAN-H D Shaw, Cedar Springs, MI > via PRR > xClayton, IN > MILW 70853 bean meal VAN-Urbana Mills, Urbana, OH via > PRR > xManson, IN > PRR 104426 bean meal VAN-Buhner Co, Louisville via > PRR-B4 > xCamden, IN > SHPX 7828 bean oil E F Drew Co,Boonton, NJ via > NKP/Buf-DLW > > NATX 1227 bean oil Lever Bro, Edgewater, NJ via > NKP/Buf-Erie-NYSW > > NKP 27733 bean meal Gen Mills, Toledo, OH, > via NKP-TT > xMichigantown, IN > 6-3-48 GM&O 8468 bean meal VAN-Wooster Jct Mfg, > Wooster, OH via > PRR-B&O > xClayton, IN > NKP 27737 bean meal VAN-Urbana Mills, Urbana, OH via > PRR > xManson > NKP 27738 bean meal VAN-Buhner Ferts, > Seymour, IN via > PRR-B&O > xFora, IN > SHPX 4021 bean oil E F Drew Co,Boonton, NJ via > NKP/Buf-DLW > > 6-4-48 GATX 21852 bean oil Procter&Gamble, Ivorydale, OH > NKP/Indpls-NYC > > NKP 27742 bulk meal Parke-Pollard, Black Rock, NY > NKP-NYC > xKokomo > NKP 27732 bulk meal Parke-Pollard, Black Rock, NY > NKP-NYC > xKokomo > > 6-7-48 IC 18954 meal VAN-Jackson Cty Farm > Bureau Coop, > Seymour, IN PRR-B&O > > NKP 27742 bulk meal Parke-Pollard, Black Rock, NY > NKP-NYC > xMichigantown > IC 20295 meal Foster Canning Co, > Napoleon, OH, > NKP-DTI > xTab, IN > NKP 13301 meal Acme Evans Co, Indianapolis-NKP > > SHPX 8974 bean oil E F Drew Co,Boonton, NJ via > NKP/Buf-DLW > > 6-8-48 NKP 27740 meal VAN-Owasso Coal&Elevator, Owasso MI > PRR-MC > xSummitville, IN stop off Jackson,MI,Mich > Mills, GTW Dely Owasso > NKP 17659 meal Lafayette Co-op Elev, NKP > xAlexandria, IN > NKP 27745 meal Cooperative Mills, > Buffalo, BC dely > xBennets-Noblesville-Cicero-Arcadia > NKP 27741 meal Blissfield Co-op, Blissfield, MI > NKP-NYC > > GATX 16139 bean oil Proctor&Gamble, Portsmouth, VA > NKP/Indpls-B4-N&W > > 6-9-48 CN 522526 meal VAN-H Van Patten Co, Allen, MI > PRR-NYC > xBrazil, IN > MKT 79005 meal VAN-Urbana Mills, Urbana, > OH via PRR > xManson > SHPX 20647 bean oil E F Drew Co,Boonton, NJ via > NKP/Buf-DLW > > NKP 17310 meal Dayette Mills, Cooch, > Del, NKP-PRR > xArcadia&Cicero > NKP 16920 meal United Gr. Co., Rossburg, OH > NKP-NYC > > 6-10-48 IC 33626 meal VAN-Urbana Mills, Urbana, > OH via PRR > xFlora, IN > KCS 18257 meal The Glidden Co, Indianapolis NKP > > NKP 27752 meal R S Altman, Troy, OH NKP/Lima-B&O > > NKP 13370 meal R S Altman, Troy, OH NKP/Lima-B&O > > 6-11-48 NH 34114 meal The Glidden Co, Indianapolis NKP > > SHPX 8932 bean oil E F Drew Co,Boonton, NJ via > NKP/Buf-DLW > > GATX 22191 bean oil Lever Bro, Edgewater, NJ via > NKP/Buf-Erie-NYSW > > NKP 27746 meal P R Markley, Rohrestown, PA > NKP-PRR > xCicero-Arcadia-Hobbs > NKP 27747 meal Elkhart Co Farm Bureau, Goshen, > IN NKP-NYC > > 6-17-48 NKP 27760 bulk meal VAN-Hubbard Milling, Economy, PA > via PRR > xCamden, IN 12 doors > SWTX 7790 bean oil VAN-Swift&Co Refinery, Port > Newark, NJ via PRR > > ISTX 701 XT Capitol City Prod Co, > Columbus, OH NKP-B4 > > NKP 27765 ??? A K Zinn & Co, Battle Creek, MI > NKP/MichCity-MC > > 6-22-48 GATX 13668 bean oil Proctor&Gamble, Portsmouth, VA > NKP/Indpls-B4-N&W > > GATX 29124 bean oil Proctor&Gamble, > Portsmouth, VA > NKP/Indpls-B4-N&W > > NKP 27769 bulk meal Hidden ? Mills, > Indianapolis NKP > > NKP 27772 bulk meal Hidden ? Mills, > Indianapolis NKP > > NKP 27771 bulk meal Co-op Gr ? Mills, Buffalo, via > NKP-BC dely > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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