[RITSlist] RI Industry Directory Question

[tbrug at aol.com]

 Hi John.? Long time since I've talked to you.

It doesn't sound like a switching tariff - which you are right would only list RI served industries open to other carriers via reciprocal switching. It sounds more like an investor's special book that would be distributed on a special train trip? for stock analysts, a potential industry considering locating on-RI, a potential? merger, etc. 

I have one of those books for the Investor's Special in the 1950's. 

It could also be a book specially printed for the COO's business car and kept on board in case he needs to refer to it.? 

It might also be a throwback to the days of the "bridge carrier" when railroads prided themselves on not serving too much industry because of the extra cost in service, but still needed to show shippers that they could reach anybody near their lines. The non-footnoted shippers would be of interest to display the economic strength of the Communities the RI reached.? Could also have been a customer handout.? Interesting there are no dates. 

Those are my best guesses.

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-----Original Message-----
From: John Galich <jgalich at visi.com>
To: ritslist at simpson.edu
Sent: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:47 pm
Subject: [RITSlist] RI Industry Directory Question










Hi,

I purchased a reprint of a
RI?Industry Directory from Rails Unlimited of Elgin, Ill. From what I can tell it's from the early 1940s.
The?Directory is organized by industry, then state,?town and?business name. After some business names
there's an "(a)"; others a "(b)"; with the rest having no notation. The notes say "(a) Side track connected to our line.
(b) Side track from a?connecting line". Let me provide an example using a fictitional?(since I'm doing this
from memory) town:

Under the?Manufacturing heading for the under Anywhere, Ill.,?it might
say:

Alpha Manufacturing Co.?
Foxtrot Co. (b)
Zebra Manufacturing?Co. (a)

I
would?understand this to mean:

(a) Zebra is directly served by RI in Anywhere
(b) Foxtrot served by
another railroad in town that connects to the RI in Anywhere

Correct?

What about all the?businesses
without an (a) or a (b), like Alpha? Are these?simply other companies in town that would truck?their products
to a team track or freight house? 

Thanks for your help in advance.

John Galich













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