Gustavus Franklin Swift (June 24, 1839 – March 29, 1903) founded a meat-packing empire in the Midwest during the late 19th century, over which he presided until his death. He is credited with the development of the first practical ice-cooled railroad car which allowed his company to ship dressed meats to all parts of the country and even abroad, which ushered in the "era of cheap beef.
One of my very first HO cars was a Swift Meat reefer from the mid 60s, still in the basement. Mike From: Thomas Baker Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 9:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} RE: Interchange So we are discussing interchange and the industries on our model railroads: Well, I interchange at Marshalltown, Iowa, with the M&StL and theoretically with the C&NW. I have an M&StL Consolidation for switching and interchange iin Marshalltown. Don't have a C&NW switcher because I can't afford one right now. My industries are Iowa Power & Light receiving coal loads out on 18th Avenue represented by the KORBER HO power plant which will be on a raised foundation. Then there's LENNOX furnace represented by a scratch-built structure and by two HO Cornerstone American Millworks buildings made into a two-story structure. Well then there's ROOK Coal which I will use modeler's license to be ROOK Coal and Oil Structure will be a small office building with coal and oil yard. There will be a SWIFT meat packing plant and finally a welding company. For my small space that will be enough. Oops almost forgot Kopel Grain Company and have a Walther's Cornerstone concrete grain elevator raised for that and an older wooden grain elevator from a laser cut kit. The silos are mailing tubes for travel posters. I wish now that I had planned for the structures first and then built the railroad around them. At the time I began I had no structures and laid out the track where I thought the industries would be. Big mistake. Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
