Loading Ties on the Current River Branch

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  1. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    From Richard Crabtree on Frisco Rails Across Missouri:
    Loading railroad ties on the Frisco Current River Branch in Shannon County Missouri Circa 1910-15.

    Tie loading in Shannon County on the Current River Branch ca 1910-15.jpg
     
  2. qaprr

    qaprr Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Wow!
     
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  3. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Hey Keith, when is Richard going to allow me to join the group??? I keep applying but no luck...Roger
     
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  4. geep07

    geep07 Member

    It appears that the Frisco would load and ship more than just livestock in a stock car. Utilization of inventory.
     
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  5. Ozarktraveler

    Ozarktraveler Member

    Both my grandfather, William D. Fletcher and great grandfather Wyatt Lawson hand cut, and packed out railroad ties by themselves for sale to the Frisco in Barry County, west of Washburn. Thanks for posting this picture.
     
  6. yardmaster

    yardmaster Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Indeed. I think I’ve seen or read of bricks being shipped via stock car.
     
  7. Bob Chaparro

    Bob Chaparro Member

    Commodities Shipped In Livestock Cars
    So far, I have documented these commodities. I’m sure there were others.
    Bob Chaparro
    Moderator
    Railway Bull Shippers Group
    https://groups.io/g/RailwayBullShippersGroup
    ++++
    Barrels
    Box Shook
    Bricks
    Cabbages
    Canned Goods
    Cantaloupes
    Coal - A lot of coal in stock cars, in the Rocky Mountain States, as late as WWII
    Coal -Bagged
    Coke - Beehive Oven as late as WWII
    Corn Cobs
    Dunnage Bulkheads (For boxcars)
    Firewood
    Freight Car Wheels
    Grain (With Car Lining)
    Grain Doors
    Hay
    Ice - Some Photos Were Posted On The D&RGW Facebook Site Showing Pond Ice Loading In Stock Cars In The Early 1960s
    Live Poultry (In Regular Stock Cars, Not Poultry Cars)
    Lumber
    Metal Sheets
    Oil (In Barrels)
    Onions
    Oranges
    Ore - Bagged
    Pipe – Clay & Metal
    Potatoes - Bagged
    Pulpwood
    Pumpkins
    Railroad Ties - Treated & Untreated
    Rails
    Sand (In Barrels)
    Scrap Brass
    Scrap Iron
    Sewer Lids
    Sewer Pipe - Ceramic
    Straw
    Sugar Beets
    Tile
    Tires
    Tomatoes
    Utility Poles
    Wagon Wheels
    Wagons (Unassembled)
    Watermelons
     
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