QUOTE: Originally posted by rob_l QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp QUOTE: Originally posted by rob_l Some progress was starting to be made on melons, they got some carloads of melons last summer, the first in more than a decade. Was this Pappas & Company? Don't know the shipper names, but in 2003 they got melon loads out of Firebaugh, Mendota and somewhere on the Cal Northern up around Woodland. Don't know what if any they got this year. Regards, Rob L.
QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp QUOTE: Originally posted by rob_l Some progress was starting to be made on melons, they got some carloads of melons last summer, the first in more than a decade. Was this Pappas & Company?
QUOTE: Originally posted by rob_l Some progress was starting to be made on melons, they got some carloads of melons last summer, the first in more than a decade.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan QUOTE: Originally posted by dldance One problem with eastbound RailRoaders out of CA is back hauls - that never has been balanced for refrigerated transport. A trucker buddy of mine was hauling strawberries eastbound and then back hauling sheet steel in a reefer. He still had a 200 mile dead head on each end. dd Surely California would demand something from the east that requires priority and in reefers. Steel in a reefer; was it cold-rolled[:D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by dldance One problem with eastbound RailRoaders out of CA is back hauls - that never has been balanced for refrigerated transport. A trucker buddy of mine was hauling strawberries eastbound and then back hauling sheet steel in a reefer. He still had a 200 mile dead head on each end. dd
QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp QUOTE: Originally posted by rob_l QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp QUOTE: Originally posted by rob_l Some progress was starting to be made on melons, they got some carloads of melons last summer, the first in more than a decade. Was this Pappas & Company? Don't know the shipper names, but in 2003 they got melon loads out of Firebaugh, Mendota and somewhere on the Cal Northern up around Woodland. Don't know what if any they got this year. Regards, Rob L. Mendota would be Pappas & Company. The only shipper in Firebaugh is Toma-Tek (processed tomatos). UP also lists NF Davis (dehydrator) and Valley Seed Growers. I have never seen cars at the former and have only seen a covered hopper at the latter once. There is a place about a 1.5 miles south of Firebaugh (Shaw Avenue at Highway 33) that has four spurs going into it. They look well maintained, however I have seen any cars there.
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