Re: (erielack) team tracks without platforms

["Chuck Yungkurth" <raildata_@_comcast.net>]

It seems to methat the function of "team tracks" is not very well understood 
by this forum.  Viturally every station had a siding or track for carload 
unloading. Freight houses were used primarily for warehousing LCL shipments.

If a receiving industry got an entire carload of a commodity, it was spotted 
on a "team track" or siding for unloading by the company unless the company 
was large enough to have private sidings. The consignment was unloaded into 
trucks (formerly teams) and hauled to the revievers location.

In Scranton the DL&W, D&H, CNJ, and Erie all had large areas of sidings with 
areas paved with cobblestones near them. The DL&W team tracks were laocted 
behind the building where the shopping mall is now. D&H had team trackage 
adjacent to it's passenger station on the lower end of Lackawanna Ave. At 
the same end of Lacakwanna Ave. was "the wholesale block" where there were 
many produce distibution companies. All of these unloaded fruit and other 
items from refrigerator cars. During the 40's and 50's there were usually 
around 10 to 15 refrigerator cars being unloaded at these team tracks.

The DL&W and D&H also had team tracks at South Scranton and Green Ridge. At 
the South Scranton site (near where I lived) many commodities were recieved 
by the carload. Among these were box cars of rosin for a phongraph record 
plant, lumber for several small yards,  bagged flour and sugar for bakeries, 
and even carloads of live stock for two small "slaughter houses". Miller 
Casket Co also got car loads of lumber at the S. Scranton teamt racks.

When I lived in Endicott NY refrigerator carloads of grapes were received at 
the Erie Endicott team track for sale right off the car to local home wine 
makers. This went on clear into the EL days.  At Owego gondola cars of 
powdered limestone were on team tracks every spring where they went from the 
cars directly to farmer's fields.

So from my perspective, the rule was that if a car didn't go to an industry 
siding it went to a team track.

Chuck Yungkurth
Boulder CO




- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>
To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 7:54 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) team tracks without platforms


> Since we're discussing team tracks, can anyone give examples of stuff on
> the DL&W/Erie/EL that was unloaded from (or perhaps LOADED onto) freight
> cars on team tracks - and where? I've mentioned my uncle-in-law's home
> (!) in Dover and fusee-making material in Boonton, but does anyone know
> of any other specific things?
>
> - Paul
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