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Who or what is Conrad Yelvington?

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Who or what is Conrad Yelvington?
Posted by Sterling1 on Saturday, April 2, 2005 10:42 PM
There's a plant in Wildwood FL but I don't know what they produce.
The plant does have a nice Alco though.

Care to answer?
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Posted by spbed on Sunday, April 3, 2005 7:58 AM
Well whose name is on the plant? I live in Florida & without using Mapquest where is Wildwood? [:p][:)]

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Posted by Overmod on Sunday, April 3, 2005 8:25 AM
"STONE... SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME... IS THE FOUNDATION IN WHICH MAN EXISTS"

(their caps, not mine...)

http://www.cydi.com/cydi12.htm


For those who don't have the patience to click through all the stupid 'mystery meat' triangles in the 'pick a location' page, the Wildwood location is roughly in central north Florida, with this information:

Curtis Criche, manager
Greg Murray, sales

512 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue
Wildwood, Florida
(352) 748-8061


This took about six seconds, start to finish, to find on Google. Shame on you both!
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Posted by Junctionfan on Sunday, April 3, 2005 10:16 AM
They make and distribute a wide variety of aggregates. They have a large amount of their own open hoppers. Usually off yellow with black ends and have CYDX reporting marks.

Here are some photos

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/misc-frt/cydx110ajs.jpg

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/misc-frt/cydx286ajs.jpg

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/misc-frt/cydx581ajs.jpg

As you can see, they have hundreds so I'm thinking that CSX runs K trains of their hoppers.
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Posted by Sterling1 on Sunday, April 3, 2005 11:21 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Overmod

"STONE... SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME... IS THE FOUNDATION IN WHICH MAN EXISTS"

(their caps, not mine...)

http://www.cydi.com/cydi12.htm


For those who don't have the patience to click through all the stupid 'mystery meat' triangles in the 'pick a location' page, the Wildwood location is roughly in central north Florida, with this information:

Curtis Criche, manager
Greg Murray, sales

512 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue
Wildwood, Florida
(352) 748-8061


This took about six seconds, start to finish, to find on Google. Shame on you both!


I know where Wildwood is I just didn't want to look into it at the time . . . too busy thinking about trains . . .
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Posted by spbed on Monday, April 4, 2005 6:26 AM
Me I admitted I was 2 lazy 2 Mapquest it! Thanks for the info[:D]

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Posted by spbed on Monday, April 4, 2005 6:29 AM
OK from the 352 area code I now have a general idea where U R as I worked for a AC company that served that area code. Thanks again

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