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12/04/2002
8:34:00 PM |
Bob Montbriand |
For whatever interest it
may have, When I served as Livestock Agent
for NP in the late 50s we had a regular movement of live hogs in Pig
Palace cars to the west coast. They
moved from West Fargo to Laurel in First 603 (picked up at West Fargo), were fed, watered and rested (to
meet federal requirements) in the
cars, and then put on second 603 for the run to the coast. Service was excellent, and even though GN also served
the stockyards, nearly all of the
hog traffic moved NP. I do not recall the cars being 40 foot - I think they were all 50 foot cars
which had been converted from
automobile cars when autos moved into multi-levels. The cars were
equipped with movable shutters on
both sides and were adjusted as needed on each trip. They were double deck cars and we added hay to each deck
on each trip. stock cars, Livestock
Agent, 1950s, West Fargo, Laurel, 603, GN, Great Northern, stockyards, hog
traffic, hogs Compiler C Frissell |