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Azteceagle was right, but a few years off in usage. My Grandfather worked for the CB&Q in Cody Wyoming and took me along in the mid-50's as he checked and repacked/reoiled tankcar journal bearings in the staging yard for the Husky Oil refinery. I don't recall where the cotton waste was stored, but I do recall that both 'waste' as defined by Leon Silverman AND as defined by ndbprr were used. The cleaning waste reminds me of dryer lint: formless, but not without volume; a box/crate or barrel would have been appropriate for transport. The method of transport probably depended on the percieved volumetric need. I.E., Cody, at the section house would not need as much as Alliance would, because there were simply fewer cars to repack. I remember seeing some bits of rag in some of the journal boxes, but those may have been added by railroaders when they were out of the cleaning waste. The important thing to remember is that the waste was used to keep oil on the bearing journal surface. As such anything that would do that, would and could be used...and probably was at some point! Granted, I was 4 or 5 years old at the time I 'helped' Grampa re-oil, but it made a huge impact and the memory is still pretty vivid nearly 50 years later. Mike
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