Ah, you got me on this one. I like the idea of knowing about industries on
other people's layouts with the idea that I can "send" cars to interchange
points on my layout with the thought they are traveling somewhere, visiting
someone else's layout. Hard core operators are not interested in that much
story which is fine but that type of story is enjoyable to me. Some
commodities are more regional but even if the first commodity was regional, the
cars, particularly boxcars routed all around the country. I recall an article
that tracked a boxcar's trip crossing the country over and over again. There
was also an article in the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association
magazine about a boxcar shortage that was caused because the NP sent cars east
loaded and the railroads would not send them back. It was during the decline
of the eastern roads prior to consolidation and so much of their fleet was
deadlined. In addition to buying rebuilt boxcars such as the 37 AAR cars
(Pacific Rail), the NP bought a number of the Pennsy round roof style cars that
originally were on the DT&I and other eastern roads.
Well anyway, with that in mind, I will be building a list of places to
interchange with. Why, my railroad even has a Spiral Hill hopper on it that is
in good enough shape to be used to haul sugar beets now that it is harvest
time. Can't say for sure how a two bay hopper got off line and to Minnesota
but it is not likely to get back east for interchange until after harvest.
Sorry for the interruption, you can get back to whatever you were really
talking about.
Ken
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