(erielack) Grain in Boxcars

[tommy meehan <tmeehan0421_@_gmail.com>]

This subject -- hauling grain by boxcar -- came up
here the other day. As luck would have it, someone
recently sent me some TRAINS magazines, including
one which featured an issue-length report on rail
grain traffic.

Don Hofsommer wrote a very interesting article in
the issue about the history of the railroad movement
of grain.

Mr.Hofsommer wrote that quick-loading covered
hoppers (moving on multi-car rates) priced grain
by boxcar out of business by the late 1970s.

tommy meehan

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