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Here in Erie we have a siding that feeds a local industry. Erie Foods Intl. We ship to Japan, Aust, Russia and India. We also receive from same. In late seventys up to 85 we used to load/unload containers and boxcars. They would load containers on flatcar with doors to the center, with a 12 foot space between them. We would run a ten foot aluminum ramp out to car then drive forktruck with pallets out to center. Usually a 20 footer would have 800 55lb. bags of dry milk product onthem. A crew of 5 guys could unload in about 2 hours. Then we would reload with soy product for Japan or wherever. Would have 4-5 cars on thesiding. We spotted the cars with a Ford tractor. We used to hate to unload boxcars. They were usually loaded with 100 lb burlap bags from Russia. Made for a hot, itchy day. Then they switched to running the containers out by truck from Chicago yards. Now with Rochelle inter yard, they are talking to enclosing the siding and going back to the old way. BNSF is probable not going to like it cause they park their MOW equipment there, and that will require some switching on the main line.
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