[RITSlist] (Fwd) [Ops-Ind] Re: Appliance Industry Information Needed

[jaley]

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From: "dmamfahr" <mamfahr at comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:51:21 -0000
Subject: [Ops-Ind] Re: Appliance Industry Information Needed
Reply-To: Ry-ops-industrialSIG at yahoogroups.com

> >...They had a ramp right downtown next to the yard that had to be
switched frequently,

> Was this a "circus loading" facility? We seem to forget, in this day
of Piggy-Packers, how much switching was involved in the early days of
TOFC.


Yup, just traditional ramps at the ends of stub tracks.

By the way, after I'd sent the previous message, I remembered that
Maytag would also receive covered hoppers of plastic pellets, as I
believe they formed many of their own plastic parts for the appliances.

Take care,

Mark



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Jeff Aley		            jaley at pcocd2.intel.com
DPG Chipsets Product Engineering
Intel Corporation, Folsom, CA
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