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Long, long ago lumber shippers in the west would ship unsold carloads to themselves at key junctions in the midwest and, when sold, instruct the origin railroad to change the billing to the new consignee and destination. Maybe that was done with perishables, too. I remember when working as a steno-clerk in a western railroad general office typing up a telegram that was dictated to me by the reconsignment clerk. The car was being diverted to either Cleveland, Ohio, on the NKP, or Cleveland, Okla., on the MKT -- I can't remember which, but because of my typo it wound up in the wrong place. <br /> <br />Was there a significantly large portion of lumber or other traffic that was sold en route this way? Is it still done with any rail traffic? It seems that shippers sending this lumber out for resale enroute liked to get the slowest service possible to give them more time to find a customer. A favorite interim destination that would give them the widest range of options at lowest through rates and slow service seemed to be Belleville, Kansas, on the Rock Island. <br /> <br />Maybe somebody has had interesting experiences working with this kind of traffic.
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