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Re: (erielack) Grain in Boxcars

Which issue was this?

Todd K. Stearns


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tommy meehan" <tmeehan0421_@_gmail.com>
To: "erielack" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:06 PM
Subject: (erielack) Grain in Boxcars


> 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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