MaW Daily Reports

[AC60CW]

11/1/2010 12:20 EB MaW 16 with 14 cars (2 centerflow hoppers, 12 boxcars)

[AARR]

11/1/2010 12:20 EB MaW 16 with 14 cars (2 centerflow hoppers, 12 boxcars)

Do they still load plastic pipe into box cars or flat cars with special racks?

[AC60CW]

Neither ADS or Oldcastle ship via the rail. Only recieve. Oldcastle ship OTR. With occasional loading of containers. ADS has its own fleet of flatbed trucks that will deliever the coils of tube. Also they ship the rigid via flatbed trailers as well. But none by rail.

[AARR]

Railfanning MAW is defintely on my Life List

[AC60CW]

11/4/2010 9:45 WB MaW 16 with 28 cars (5 centerflow hoppers, 23 boxcars)

[AC60CW]

11/5/2010 11:05 EB MAW 16 with 16 Boxcars

[AARR]

I'm sorry for doubting you guys. They're running some nice sized trains into Napoleon.

[MagnumForce]

They always have had plenty of traffic, they put very little into maintainance, employ very few people and the ones they do employ work for peanuts, so where does that money go????

[Y@]

so where does that money go????

Straight to the pocket of Spencer Wendelin.

[AC60CW]

11/8/2010 10:10 WB MAW 16 with 16 Boxcars

[AARR]

Does anyone know what is shipped in the box cars going to Napoleon?

[sd70accsxt700]

French soldier's.

[AARR]

French soldier's.

Interesting...does Campbell's put them in their French Onion soup

[sd70accsxt700]

French soldier's.

Interesting...does Campbell's put them in their French Onion soup

No I think its more along the lines of Mr. Bonaparte making a comeback.

[AC60CW]

Boxcars are almost exclusively Campbells soup. The boxcars go to Cloverleaf, Reefers (when they come by) go to Interstate Cold Storage. Covered hoppers will go to ADS or Oldcastle-Carson.

[AARR]

Boxcars are almost exclusively Campbells soup.

Inbound loads I presume. Any ideas what they're receiving? And if they're receiving 15+ box cars per day why don't they set up a bulk transfer and receive covered hoppers or tank cars instead?

[Y@]

Boxcars are almost exclusively Campbells soup. The boxcars go to Cloverleaf, Reefers (when they come by) go to Interstate Cold Storage. Covered hoppers will go to ADS or Oldcastle-Carson.

Haven't seen too many reefers lately.

[AC60CW]

Boxcars are almost exclusively Campbells soup.

Inbound loads I presume. Any ideas what they're receiving? And if they're receiving 15+ box cars per day why don't they set up a bulk transfer and receive covered hoppers or tank cars instead?

Not recieving, they are shipping product out. Everything they recieve is by truck. Alot of it is truck in from local farms. Yes, the celery, corn, carrots etc. are all fresh when they are made in to soups. Until about 7 years ago even enything that had tomatoes were using fresh tomatoes. BUt since have gone to tomatoe paste. With prediced tomatoes in juice being used for anything that has chucnked tomatoes, ie. Pace picante sauce or Prego spagetti sauce that has diced tomatoes as well. The V8 juices made out there use fresh veggies as well.

[MSchwiebert]

So they truck finished product over to Cloverleaf for staging and eventual loading in boxcars? Interesting....

[MSchwiebert]

Campbell's has used paste tomato product to supplement the locally grown product for 30+ years at least. The DT&I recieived reefer loads of paste in interchange from both the PC & N&W @ Delta as far back as the early 1970's'