Icing Stations on the N&W

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A little more reefer madness............
 
Thanks to Harry Bundy and others who answered my question a couple of weeks  
ago.  From what I had read I suspected 1966 was a little late for ice to be  
used for refrigeration, but the 1966 Stations and Siding book is all that I  
have.  Does any one out there have an earlier dated listings book that list  
Durham, NC other as a re-icing station?  I cannot think of any produce of a  
large volume that would be shipped out of the Durham District that would need  
refrigeration.  You don't need to refrigerate tobacco or cigarettes.
 
Were the FGE cars returned empty to their yards in Alexandra or  Jacksonville 
or would they be used for non-refrigerated or non-vented  products?  What was 
the receivers responsibility in prepping the car for  it's return trip?
 
Thanks, 
 
Chuck Stewart
 
 
In a message dated 9/17/2006 8:10:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

Chuck:
 
First - I suspect that by 1966 the need to ice a refrigerator was  rather 
remote.
The mechanical refrigerators had replaced the reefers with ice  bunkers.  The
last iced reefers I remember seeing were on  Clinchfield   No. 92 in 1963.  
They
were owned by meat packers.  No. 92 on the Clinchfield, by the way,  was
SOUTHbound. 
   
Second - you asked about icing on the N&W.  From SAL's  perishable schedules
for 1961-62,  I note that their primary perishable train - No. 86  (a.k.a. 
"The Fox")
would only handle cars NOT needing ice between Baldwin and Potomac  Yard.
No. 86 left Baldwin, FL at 10:10 AM (Tues. for example) and the  N&W cars
set off at Secoast at 11:00  AM (Wednesday) to be picked up at 11:30  AM by
No. 77.  A car for Columbus was slated to arrive at 8:30 AM on  Thursday.  It 
kinda
looks like N&W didn't get an opportunity to ice them either.   

Third - I'm not sure N&W shouldered all the responsibility.   Fruit Growers 
Express
may have had a hand in securing ice and servicing the cars.   Ben Tyler, a
former VGN official, oversaw FGE's operations in Norfolk.  During  potato 
season,
he regularly got a morning report that showed the situation of  the  
refrigerator
cars - on hand, available, in transit, etc.
 
                                                                          
Harry Bundy 





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