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Re: (erielack) ConAgra



Con Agra unit grain trains moved on the EL 245 Tariff.
These orginated on the Soo Line at the Twin Ports or
the Twin Cities and moved on a Soo Chicago EL route.
Bob Stafford

- --- Paul Brezicki <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net> wrote:

> The unit trains were for the most part, received
> from western connections at
> Chicago, although some may have come off the N&W
> (Wabash) at Huntington IN.
> At Portland they were broken into 26 car cuts for
> Martin's Creek.
> 
> Paul B
> 
> Con Agra received wheat year round. During the Great
> Lakes shipping season
> it moved by boat to Buffalo and then in EL grain
> hoppers to Martins Creek in
> blocks of 10 or more cars. During the off season the
> grain moved in unit
> trains. Jim Boyd missed the first half of the train
> going up the hill by the
> time he got their. The first 26 cars went up the
> hill with 3 units on the
> point( 7AM job Condr John Morykin) and would be
> pushed to Steir by the 6AM
> Portland Hole Job Condr Kern. Min tender was 52
> cars, IIRC, but most trains
> seemed to be 54 to 56 cars. Con Agra supplied the
> empty cars for loading and
> I think they sent a couple of extra cars incase any
> of the empty cars got
> bad ordered before being spotted for loading. Con
> Agra during the EL days
> did not get any trains in over 60 cars. BTW, reason
> for 26 cars on first cut
> was that was how many fit in the mill at one time
> for unloading.
> Bob Stafford
> 
> - ----- Original Message ----
> From: Frank Mellott <fmellott_@_pa.net>
> To: squeaky_@_netsync.net
> Cc: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 5:14:03 PM
> Subject: (erielack) Con Agra ?
> 
> 
> Cargill purchased some of the assets of the Agway
> feed division in 2005
> following Agway's bankruptcy.    As far as I know
> the petroleum business
> is still Agway, but all the feed mills have been
> sold or closed.
> 
> A previous post said Martin's Creek got 54 car
> blocks in the 1970's.
> The recent Railfan & Railroad article and some
> postings on here talk
> about 26 car blocks.
> 
> In the 1970-1990's , grain rates were quoted for
> single car, 26, 52, and
> 104 car blocks, 104 being a full train.   I think it
> was Bob Stafford
> said that the cars came from Buffalo in the winter
> time.  Did Martins
> Creek get  a full 104 car train delivered 26 cars at
> a time from some
> place close Martins Creek, or did they only get 26
> or 54 cars that were
> essentially 1/2 or 1/4 of  a train dropped off and
> delivered by the
> local to Martins Creek?
> 
> Did they receive year round, or only in winter?  And
> where did the cars
> come from if not Buffalo?
> 
> If these ? have been answered previously, I
> apologize.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Frank
> 
> 
> 
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