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nickgully

October 20, 2013 05:23PM

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A busy day for fall freight. It's interesting to see that beets were being sent from the San Luis Valley, I've seen a few photos of beet loaders served by 3-rail track. I assume that those cars would be billed for the front range sugar mills of Great Western Sugar.

Must have been an interesting operation for reefers in the San Luis. Potatoes were shipped in reefers for insulation, but I assume cabbage was chilled, so the crews had to juggle iced and dry reefers.

Thanks for posting these!

-Nick

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Alamosa October 20 1948	Jimmy Blouch	October 20, 2013 02:57PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	Bill Scobie	October 20, 2013 03:18PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	Jimmy Blouch	October 20, 2013 05:09PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	drgwk37	October 20, 2013 05:18PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	nickgully	October 20, 2013 05:23PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	Earl	October 20, 2013 07:28PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	rod	October 20, 2013 09:28PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	Jimmy Blouch	October 21, 2013 08:45PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	Jon Walden	October 21, 2013 09:13AM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	drgwk37	October 21, 2013 10:54AM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	Jimmy Blouch	October 21, 2013 08:51PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	jim pallow	October 21, 2013 02:19PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	MD Ramsey	October 21, 2013 03:46PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	jim pallow	October 21, 2013 06:59PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	Ryan Morris	October 23, 2019 07:23PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	Jimmy Blouch	November 25, 2019 07:55PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	Andrew Roth	November 27, 2019 03:03PM
Re: Alamosa October 20 1948	Jimmy Blouch	November 27, 2019 04:10PM

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