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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">All,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Early on, back in the 1920s, N&W had four reefers. They were painted white with (I surmise, since no color photos exist) big black block letters (like the hoppers).</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Of course, they had Class SK cattle cars, since N&W moved a lot of livestock, especially from southwest Virginia (Bristol Line & Clinch Valley). They were also used for brick loading.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Tim Hensley<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 07:19:34 AM EDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpa9e44f42yiv9072283215"><div>If N&W had reefers they must have been very early, before World War II. They would have hauled express reefers from REA and other railroads in their passenger trains. N&W did eventually get some insulated boxcars and mechanical reefers, but I'm pretty sure that was after the 1964 merger, and may have even been an extension of Wabash service. I think NKP hauled a lot of meat reefers out of Chicago, but I don't know if that service was still in place at the time of the merger.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>N&W had stock cars pulled by a G class 2-8-0 up into the 1950s, the Honaker Branch I think. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Milk and dairy didn't necessarily travel in reefers. That's why speed was so important in transporting them. The milk cans may have been placed in a chest filled with ice, but otherwise were often loaded on baggage cars as another piece of express in a passenger train.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Marty Flick<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="ydpa9e44f42yiv9072283215reply-new-signature"></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "NW Mailing List" <br clear="none">To: "NW Mailing List"<br clear="none">Cc: <br clear="none">Sent: Friday September 27 2024 2:54:53PM<br clear="none">Subject: Re: When were milk and cream shipments discontinued?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">
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Did the N&W have reefers and cattle cars?</div>
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<div>I believe most milk cans were transported in baggage and
express cars. From what I've read about the dairy industry, I
don't think it was so much that the railroads stopped accepting
them but the dairy traffic simply moved to trucks for cost and
effeciancy reasons.
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<div>Marty Flick<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"><div class="ydpa9e44f42yiv9072283215x_reply-new-signature"></div>
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I have a follow up question, how did the N&W ship those?<br clear="none">
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> Good morning!<br clear="none">
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> Is there a date that milk and cream shipments were no longer
accepted on the N&W, or did that traffic wither away on its
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> Best Autumn wishes,<br clear="none">
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> Frank Scheer<br clear="none">
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