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Need help with the history of reefer cars...
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by HighIron2003ar</i> <br /><br />If I was a shipper in Baltimore with a load of Seagrams Whiskey (Spelling?) and had billboard reefers with my logo on it... I want Seagrams Reefers hauling my whiskey. <br /> <br />The ban probably happened when I had to load MY whiskey into cars lettered and advertising MY competition. It is probably a ICC matter after complaints back then. <br /> <br />This scenario probably did not exist in real life but it is the best way I can explain my idea why they banned the billboard reefers. Too much product being hauled in comptetion;s cars. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />That's the exact reason, companies were tired of railroads just loading anyones stuff into their cars , Filed suits with the railroads and the feds stepped in and just banned Billboard cars all together. It usually wasn't competition, but image a beer car loaded with Dog food and the reaction the Beer company would have. <br /> <br />Usually what happened was a business would request an extra car and the Yard wouldn't have one of theirs in there, so the railroad would just grab what was there, not caring what it said on it. Since Companies paid good money for those cars to be used for their service, you can see how that would upset them. The railroads welcomed the banning of Billboard cars, as that allowed them to pool and use cars as needed, without the restrictions of what company could use them.
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