11-04-2015, 01:28 PM
On the L&N here in Frankfort, KY, in the late 70s through the mid 80s, we frequently received reefers of perishable food items that were unloaded on one of the team tracks. Shipments included butter, meat, and turkeys for the school system. Interesting thing was that most of these shipments were Stop Off cars, that would go to at least three of the school systems in this part of the state.
Typically, the car would stop in Shelbyville where the Shelby County Schools would unload their portion, then the car would be forwarded to Frankfort where Franklin County Schools, unloaded their portion and then the car would finally be forwarded to Lexington for the Fayette County Schools to unload the remainder of the shipment. Always got one or two car loads of frozen turkeys this time of the year for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The butter shipments were usually "Print Butter", you know the little squares of butter on wax paper. At least twice I remember us getting stop off cars of ham for the schools in the late 70s.
Gives you a loads in/loads out movement that only requires a team track or other open spot to handle. The schools would just send their own refrigerated van to the team track and transfer their part of the load directly from the reefer to the van.
Typically, the car would stop in Shelbyville where the Shelby County Schools would unload their portion, then the car would be forwarded to Frankfort where Franklin County Schools, unloaded their portion and then the car would finally be forwarded to Lexington for the Fayette County Schools to unload the remainder of the shipment. Always got one or two car loads of frozen turkeys this time of the year for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The butter shipments were usually "Print Butter", you know the little squares of butter on wax paper. At least twice I remember us getting stop off cars of ham for the schools in the late 70s.
Gives you a loads in/loads out movement that only requires a team track or other open spot to handle. The schools would just send their own refrigerated van to the team track and transfer their part of the load directly from the reefer to the van.
Ed
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