Why no transload in TC?

[TSB]

I'm not even getting into Sara Lee. We reengineered the entire support plan for them
including funding to move the 72,000 volt overhead power lines and building a heated
liquid sweetener unloading facility.
They finally divulged that they had outsourced their entire national logistics function to
a trucking outfit near Atlanta.
Did I mention we had a cotton seed distribution center? Small, but...

[GTWTD3]

Did I mention we had a cotton seed distribution center? Small, but...

Was this the place in Middleton?

[DLM]

Intermodal - The use of two or more modes of transportation to transport one shipment or individual.

We tend to use the word intermodal when referring to shipments in containers. If you drive to the airport, fly to Orlando, and take the bus to Disney, you have just completed an intermodal journey using three modes of transportation. I have called on many companies who say they never use intermodal transportation. I then ask them if they have ever mailed a letter, UPS'ed a package, or sent an LTL shipment to California.

[AARR]

Did I mention we had a cotton seed distribution center? Small, but...

Was this the place in Middleton?

Yes, Middleton. Built a small dock/covered shed to unload cotton seed. Seems like they were around 100 cars a year (I'm guessing).

Mr TSB was not the only one who went to Sarah Lee. The city officials approached them too. Told SL use it or you could lose it. SL doesn't care. They like their trucks.

[MIGN-Todd]

Back in the days when I was a young lad with a fast 10 speed, I'd chase Chessie and MIGN throughout TC. Only once did I ever see a car parked at Sara Lee. Chessie dropped what I remember to be an ACF type hopper there. After that, the only covered hoppers I remember up here were dropped at the former clock factory (or whatever) at Airport Access and Parsons road by the MIGN. Daily Chessie freights now and again had one in the consist heading south from Petoskey at least once or twice a week. Those could also have been traffic from Petoskey. Last SB Chessie I caught was GP30 #3030 with a Chessie box, a BN box, Soo Line bulkhead Flat, ACF hopper and following - a lil' Chessie caboose. Missed that last train though- was a sight to see from the pics!

[Rick in TC]

My dad worked for Chef Pierre (that's what Sara Lee plant in TC was before Sara Lee bought them out). He unloaded covered hoppers of flour, tanks of corn sweetner, and tanks of amonia (for the freezers). That was in the 70's.