Hi All:

Thanks, Tim, for the list of industries at WR Jct. Yes, those are the
industries with private sidings. But there was reciprocal switching at
all points within the WR Jct switching limits, and those industries
listed were also served by the CV and in fact some were on sidings off
of CV tracks.

I'll try and zero in on products to and from those shippers listed.

Beacon Feed Supply (ex RA Maxham) Received Grain & Feed in bags
Cross Abbott Co. Groceries such as canned goods, flour and sugar.
Hartford Oil Co. Petroleum products in tank cars. (Atlantic refining?)
Green Mountain Box Co. Produced wooden box shooks (panels).
Reneham & Akars Building Materials, lumber, plywood, etc.
Shepherd Co. Plumbing Supplies (located on an old Woodstock RR
siding).
Socony Mobil Co. Petroleum products in tank cars.
Swift & Co. Fresh meat in SRLX reefers.
Texas Oil Co. Petroleum products in tank cars.
Twin State Appliances Refrigerators, stoves etc. in box cars.
Twin State Coal Co. Anthracite coal.
Twin State Fruit Corp. Fresh produce, oranges from CA in reefers.
Vermont Hardware Co. Appliances, Nails, Fencing.
Ward Baking Co. Flour in bags in box cars, later in covered hoppers.
White River Gap Co. (Never heard of this one. Maybe "gas" in which
case it was probably LPG in 10,000 gal high pressure tank cars.
Wirthmore Stores (ex Junction Grain Stores) Grain & Feed in bags.

NOTE: The only SHIPPER on the list above was Green Mountain Box Co.
Everyone else was a RECEIVER. Which helps explain why the B&M was more
of a terminating carrier than an originaing carrier.

Dwight Smith


> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 11:33:39 -0400
> From: tim gilbert <tgilbert@...>
> Subject: Re: Industries at WRJ
>
> Jacob,
>
> You wrote:
> >
> > What other industries do you show at White River Junction in your
> > LIST OF INDUSTRIES ON THE B&M HAVING SIDETRACK FACILITIES?
>
> Please remember that this LIST is only Sidings served by the B&M; it
> does not include customers using team tracks nor sidings served y other
> railroads.
>
> At WRJ about 1955:
>
> Beacon Feed Store
> Beacon Feed Supply (ex RA Maxham)
> Cross Abbott Co.
> Hartford Oil Co.
> Green Mountain Box Co.
> Hartford Oil Co.
> Reneham & Akars
> Shepherd Co.
> Socony Mobil Co.
> Swift & Co.
> Texas Oil Co.
> Twin State Appliances
> Twin State Coal Co.
> Twin State Fruit Corp.
> Vermont Hardware Co.
> Ward Baking Co.
> White River Gap Co.
> Wirthmore Stores (ex Junction Grain Stores)
>
> Hope this helps, Tim
>
> PS - If someone asks for the Boston List, forget it.
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 12:14:42 -0400
> From: tim gilbert <tgilbert@...>
> Subject: Re: B&M's LIST OF INDUSTRIES HAVING SIDETRACK FACILITIES
>
> There have been numerous requests for this circa 1955 typewritten
> 31-page LIST. It is arranged alphabetically by city, and then by
> company.
>
> So far as I know, a copy is not in the B&MRRHS Archives in Lowell.
> Perhaps when I get time, I will enter the data onto a spreadsheet and
> add to the B&M's Group Files.
>
> Tim Gilbert
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:35:40 -0400
> From: "George William \(Bill\) Newport" <gwnewport@...>
> Subject: Re: Re: Oil/Gas Companies
>
> It is about as much fun as riding the front of any tank car, with dangerous
chemicals, on any short line, with excepted track, and watching the gauge run in
and out and up and down and seeing the ties that have turned to mulch go by and
the missing ties and the broken joint bars and the crooked, light, rail and
wondering if I can get far enough away when the tank car goes over before it
explodes.
> G
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Warren
> To: BM_RR@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [BM_RR] Re: Oil/Gas Companies
>
> All this discussion on tank cars reminded me of one day working Hump 9
> and car of gasoline being humped hit the standing cars a bit hard which
> caused the tank to shift with the result that gas was leaking from the
> underside outlet.
>
> Thus the car had to be moved the car repair tracks in the lower end of
> Yard 8. (near the NH main line bridge that crossed lower yard tracks.
>
> Needless to say I wasn't' too happy to have to ride the tank car to the
> shops (it was being pushed rather than pulled) with that leaking gas.
>
> Didn't know at that time that liquid gasoline isn't as volatile as
> gasoline vapors are.
>
> Bob
>
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>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 17:44:01 -0000
> From: "john148ny" <john148ny@...>
> Subject: Re: Oil/Gas Companies
>
> > Didn't know at that time that liquid gasoline isn't as volatile as
> > gasoline vapors are.
>
> Kind of a moot point given the fact that liquid gasoline volatizes to
> the vapor phase so readily compared to heavier petroleum hydrocarbons
> like the various "oils". Since the vapors are lighter than air they
> rise upward on their own so pushing a leaking car is a bigger
> explosion hazard than pulling (the vapors could have been ignited by
> any number of heat or spark sources on a locomotive).
>
> What may have saved the day is that the vapor concentration around
> you may have been above the UEL (Upper Explosive Limit) for gasoline-
> air mixtures. Most people don't realize that all nominally
> combustible gases only burn or explode if they are within a
> surprisingly narrow range of concentration in air that is defined by
> their UEL and LEL (Lower Explosive Limit).
>
> You are one lucky person. I should have you buy my lottery tickets
> for me.
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:45:18 -0400
> From: "Gerry Babyok" <gbabyok@...>
> Subject: Re: Re: B&M's LIST OF INDUSTRIES HAVING SIDETRACK FACILITIES
>
> Tim,
> I feel I have a lot of company on this:
> that would be outstanding!
>
> Gerry Babyok
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tim gilbert
> To: BM_RR@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 12:14 PM
> Subject: [BM_RR] Re: B&M's LIST OF INDUSTRIES HAVING SIDETRACK FACILITIES
>
> There have been numerous requests for this circa 1955 typewritten
> 31-page LIST. It is arranged alphabetically by city, and then by
> company.
>
> So far as I know, a copy is not in the B&MRRHS Archives in Lowell.
> Perhaps when I get time, I will enter the data onto a spreadsheet and
> add to the B&M's Group Files.
>
> Tim Gilbert
>
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