Local head-end work

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Sears and Wards catalogues
Monday, August 4, 2008 7:23 PM
From: "huddleston.eugene" <huddleston.eugene at yahoo.com>
To: f_scheer at yahoo.com

As for date of my experience, it was in 1947.  I am almost positive that both catalogues were distributed only once a year.  They were heavy and they were very thick.  Cost of production would have been high.  I just talked to 84 yr old bro in law in Croswell and he recalls them
well in years both before and after WW2.   I expect shipments went down greatly in number around 1956, because that is when I learned that  a large new Sears opened in suburban Huntington WV and in fort Wayne IN about same  year.  As for other observations about ry express, I recall being at ironton, Ohio depot shortly before N&W e.b Cavalier arrived.  On an open baggage cart were shipments of drugs from a local small drug wholesale company.  The shipments were small and not in bulk.   (This was about 1954) Most interesting was where they were being shipped.  It looked  like there was a small box going to each station on N&W's Pocahontas Div. mainline.


August 5, 2008

Thanks for the information, Gene.  Personal observations such as these are always helpful regarding head-end traffic.  Not many people took an interest in this during the era you've mentioned.

Best wishes,

Frank