(erielack) RE: Youngstown Perishables

["Stephen Twarogowski" <stwarogowski_@_windstream.net>]

The list is from May, 1975.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Paul Brezicki [mailto:doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net]
  Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 6:42 AM
  To: Smtimko_@_aol.com; erielack@lists.railfan.net;
stwarogowski_@_windstream.net
  Subject: Re: Youngstown Perishables


  Steve, Steve and Group,

  I did a little more research on this topic. I have a list of EL customers
in the "Central Territory", which encompasses the heavily industrialized NE
Ohio region including Y'town, Cleveland, Akron as well as Sharon, PA; this
was sent to me by Steve Twarogowski about a year ago. It's not dated,
although since it doesn't list A&P it must be from the mid-70's. It lists
the following nine customers in the Youngstown Territory (I excluded beer
and wine distributors):

        Golden Dawn Foods Sharon, PA EL Wholesale Grocer

        Shenago Valley Provision Sharon, PA EL Wholesale Meat

        Frito-Lay Wheatland, PA EL Potato Chips

        Feldman Bros. Youngstown EL Produce

        General Foods Youngstown YS Groceries

        Kaleel Bros. Youngstown EL Produce
        Kessler Foods Youngstown EL Warehouse

        Tamarkin Youngstown EL Groceries
        Thorofare Markets Youngstown EL Groceries


  (Wheatland is on the Newcastle branch.)

  In contrast, the Cleveland territory listed only 4 customers, Akron only
1. I also reviewed Paul's SF-100 consist of Feb, 1976. It hauled the bulk of
EL east coast carload perishables at that time, and there were 4 such loads.
So it does indeed appear that the Youngstown territory was the leading
perishable market for EL in the 1970's.

  Steve, any idea of the volume of perishable TOFC and how it was handled,
ie: via the Akron or Sharon ramps, or was some drayed from Chicago?

  Finally, concerning spuds, what proportion came from Maine vs west?
There's a photo in EL in Color vol 1 showing a half-dozen icers of inbound
Maine seed potatoes on the Mantua team track in 1969. The caption mentions
the area is a "strong potato producing area", and that a Dan-Dee potato chip
plant was located in Mantua. The fact that it's not listed as an EL customer
may indicate it used locally-grown spuds.

  Paul B

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Smtimko_@_aol.com
    To: doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net ; erielack@lists.railfan.net ;
stwarogowski_@_windstream.net
    Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 9:04 AM
    Subject: Re: Youngstown Perishables


    Paul and group---

    I don't recall any public team tracks that served auctions, terminals,
etc in Youngstown.

    All four major railroads (Erie, B&O, PRR and NYC) had their own freight
houses and team tracks.  The P&LE was a part of the Erie's via the Terminal
Warehouse, later switching to the NYC's Freight House.

    Only the B&O served the team track near downtown on a short industrial
track from their Hazelton Yard.  The EL Operator at NK Target (on the
Haselton Branch) had to run down a release and then throw a hand-operated
target to allow the B&O crew to cross the PRR's E&A Branch.  I worked this
job at NK Target when I first started in 1965.  NK Target was a first step
for new operators.

    Just venturing a guess, but I would think the perishable traffic to
Youngstown was a dozen cars a day on EL fwhen I started (including the cars
from the NYC transfer), declining somewhat toward the end of EL as A&P
closed and piggyback took it's toll on carload traffic.

    SMT






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