This is part of a series of posts of actual freight carloads interchanged to Frisco from Missouri Pacific at Kansas City. These carloads originated on western carriers and were interchanged to Mopac at Pueblo, Colorado. All data taken from Mopac train consists in August 1966. Freight car experts can chime in with details for the railcars. If anyone is interested in the specific industries, let me know and I will post further info. Car: CB&Q 48242 Type: Boxcar Net Tons: 28 Contents: Pallets Origin: Denver CO Origin RR: D&RGW Shipper: Crownt Chemic Ship Date: Aug 5 1966 Dest: Joplin MO Dest RR: SLSF Consignee: Tamko Asphalt Products Route: DRGW-Pueblo-MP-Kansas City-SLSF Departed Pueblo Aug 9 1966 on MP Train #76 Ted Ferkenhoff Flagstaff AZ
I love this this kind of information. Especially when it fits the era and area I'm modeling! Thanks for sharing it with us. If you have more let's see it! Ray Wells
I wonder if all was from a wheel report of one train? Doesnt matter, but it is kinda cool that most, if not all of these cars went thru Grand Junction on there way to the Frisco. Now that is cool to me.
Tom, The first four cars posted were on one train, the 5th post was another. The last line of data lists the train number and departure date. All of these cars were handed to Mopac at Pueblo within a 3 day period, and were in eastbound trains originated at Pueblo. Ted Ferkenhoff Flagstaff AZ
Not trying to second guess anyone, but unless they were something special, pallets would be available locally. Since Tamko is a large roofing company, I would expect them to be getting pellets. Twenty years later they were receiving them in covered hoppers. Unfortunately, our local layout with Pueblo featured has come down, so no opportunity to recreate these loads.
Its Pallets not Pellets, I would assume they are talking about the wood pallets, like items are shipped on. Its not unusual for me to be wrong though. Their is a pallet factory on KCS, that the mainline runs right through the middle of, just can't think where I saw it at.
Pallets cost enough money to make them worth returning, so the load could certainly have been pallets. The receiver makes roofing shingles (including the ones roofing my line-side house). They would gladly accept the return of pallets they used to ship shingle bales. The mysterious part is the shipper is "Crownt Chemic" and that sounds like some kind of chemical distributor or manufacturer. What would Tamko ship on pallets to that kind of business?
