09-23-2011, 12:09 PM
Hey Ed,
Beer cars are a must! Necessary fuel
. I was just suggesting adding onto the Lowes spur because then you could run all sorts of cars into there: flat cars, bulkhead cars, center beam cars, all door box cars, box cars, cement cars, hoppers, etc. All off of one small spur. You could have one or two cars of various mixes rotating into the spur.The plus of this kind of spur is the variety of cars that can go in. The minus is that it only receives.
Your cocoa beans can also come in box cars. The New York Cross Harbor Railroad (and earlier New York Dock Railroad) used to receive 90% of all of the cocoa beans in the United States. They used to unload ships inbound from South America onto box cars that were stationed on the car float. Unfortunately, I never had a camera around when I was in the area.
Beer cars are a must! Necessary fuel
. I was just suggesting adding onto the Lowes spur because then you could run all sorts of cars into there: flat cars, bulkhead cars, center beam cars, all door box cars, box cars, cement cars, hoppers, etc. All off of one small spur. You could have one or two cars of various mixes rotating into the spur.The plus of this kind of spur is the variety of cars that can go in. The minus is that it only receives.Your cocoa beans can also come in box cars. The New York Cross Harbor Railroad (and earlier New York Dock Railroad) used to receive 90% of all of the cocoa beans in the United States. They used to unload ships inbound from South America onto box cars that were stationed on the car float. Unfortunately, I never had a camera around when I was in the area.
Mike Kieran
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.
Port Able Lines
" If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be " - Yogi Berra.