Re: (erielack) DLW Cabbage

["Todd Stearns" <toddsyr_@_twcny.rr.com>]

Whatever it was shipped in, it was in 12 ton carloads according to a 
November 21, 1940 Herald Journal article.  So far this is the only instance 
I've found of rail service but I'm still looking. Four cars were loaded for 
the Federal government in Preble at this time.

Todd K. Stearns


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Yungkurth" <raildata_@_comcast.net>
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Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) DLW Cabbage


> I'm sure no expert on farming and produce but remember that the peasants 
> in Europe used to bury cabbage in the ground for winter use. One of the 
> virtues of cabbage was the ability to store it for long periods.
>
> And they shipped watermelons in what were just box cars with ventilated 
> doors. Put about a foot of straw down and just laid the melons in it. One 
> of the high points as a kid was watching watermelon unloading...where they 
> gave us all the broken or cracked melons we could carry!
>
> Chuck Y
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
> To: "'EL Mail List'" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 1:29 PM
> Subject: RE: (erielack) DLW Cabbage
>
>
>> Box cars?  Well, maybe, if they delivered clean and tight cars.  They 
>> might have used reefers or
>> insulated box cars.  And it might have depended on how far they were 
>> going to be shipped.  I'd guess
>> a good portion of this product went to NYC, via Hoboken.
>>
>> SGL
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Chuck Yungkurth [mailto:raildata_@_comcast.net]
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 2:52 PM
>>> To: EL Mail List
>>> Subject: Re: (erielack) DLW Cabbage
>>>
>>> I think I have seen where Preble once billed itself as the "saurkraut
>>> capital of the world" at one time, which is where some of the cabbage 
>>> went.
>>>
>>> Since cabbage stores very well I suspect is was shipped in just plain 
>>> box
>>> cars.
>>>
>>> Chuck Y
>>> Boulder CO
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Adams, Frank P" <frank.p.adams_@_verizonbusiness.com>
>>> To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:25 PM
>>> Subject: (erielack) DLW Cabbage
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>>> > DL&W valuation map from Preble, NY.  Note the three buildings labeled
>>> > "Cabbage House" under the 166 in a yellow circle.  That's certainly an
>>> > unusual on line industry.  I wonder how that produce was shipped and 
>>> > to
>>> > whom?
>>> >
>>> > From the town's website:
>>> >
>>> > Preble has always been famous for its rich soil and dairy farming. The
>>> > first Holstein cows in Cortland County were introduced by Millard Nye, 
>>> > a
>>> > noted Preble farmer. The first cabbage seeds were brought by Perry
>>> > Haynes in 1885 and Preble soon became the largest cabbage growing area
>>> > in Central New York.
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>>> > Regards,
>>> > Frank
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