Re: More Chili Line Abandonment Info

Jerry Day Wrote:
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> John Craft Wrote:
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> > "Canned goods" - would these cars have been
> > boxcars in restricted service?
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> > JAC
> Don't know, just typed what was in the report. I
> am assuming that it was an inbound shipment, but I
> do not know anything about that company in Santa
> Fe. Sounds like a warehouse operation. There was a
> lot of canning done in the San Luis Valley, so
> perhaps that is why the goods came in over the
> Chili Line.


The Charles Ilfeld Company was a big operation in Albuquerque for many years. They were distributors of all kinds of grocery items for, I suppose, most of New Mexico and southern Colorado. Their big warehouse stood on the west side of N. 1st. St. in Albuquerque, and backed up to the Santa Fe Railway. Ernie Robart should know what ever happened to the company, having lived in Abuquerque for most, if not all, of his life.
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> Jerry Day