Icing Stations on the N&W

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Chuck:
There were two perishables shipped from Tar Heelia,  maybe more.   Potatoes
from the Albemarle Region and peaches from the sand hills.  I  can't say that
peaches moved through Durham, but maybe.  Potatoes were handled 
through Portlock, which had been N&W's primary icing station at  Norfolk.
 
Remember this - refrigerators are  usually clean cars.  They  don't haul
tailings or fertilizer. From my month working on the Jacksonville  Terminal,
I learned that refrigerators hauled Sears catalogs and in this service  they
were known as "cat" cars.  Once on the SAL at Hermitage, I came  across
a reefer, but couldn't find an empty waybill for it, so I just filled out  an 
empty
car card and guided it to Florida. Well, guess what,   the car  had come
from Philip Morris and it was smoking tobacco headed for Birmingham.
Could be American Tobacco loaded reefers with Lucky Strikes.
 
                                                                 Harry Bundy
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