tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post5629751253174366585..comments2024-03-28T20:13:21.900-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: Remembering the Farm - the BoxcarThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-28684149016948572112015-06-19T08:04:16.256-06:002015-06-19T08:04:16.256-06:00You actually rode The City of New Orleans? Can I ...You actually rode The City of New Orleans? Can I have your autograph? I love that song! I rode the passenger train twice in steam engine days. Once in the dead of winter on the CPR branch line from Kelfield to Wilkie. No heat and wooden benches. I was maybe 3. Mom and my baby brother and I had been visiting her parents in Kelfield and dad couldn't come for us because of the roads. The The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-54599661455814577512015-06-19T07:59:25.903-06:002015-06-19T07:59:25.903-06:00Thank you for those details, prairie farm girl. I ...Thank you for those details, prairie farm girl. I didn't know about flax as there was none grown in my area when I was young. Just wheat, oats and barley. Loading cars was very hard work. Stupid work when you think about it. But old grain doors were sure hand for stuff.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-74458173783521434552015-06-19T07:57:32.432-06:002015-06-19T07:57:32.432-06:00We shipped cream to a local dairy plant. I need t...We shipped cream to a local dairy plant. I need to blog about that. Cows III.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-5554916107765540412015-06-19T07:56:38.844-06:002015-06-19T07:56:38.844-06:00Thank you, Kylee-AnneThank you, Kylee-AnneThe Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-59911922716763637222015-06-18T16:34:12.450-06:002015-06-18T16:34:12.450-06:00Thanks for the memories. My grandmother raised ...Thanks for the memories. My grandmother raised me. Her husband, before he left her for a younger woman, was an Illinois Central station manager. She retained her pass to ride free on the train and she and I occasionally rode the old steam trains to visit family. Then the advent of the diesel. We rode the City of New Orleans, the Hummingbird and trains with no names. Great memories. Ol'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-80728356696524922492015-06-18T08:40:16.677-06:002015-06-18T08:40:16.677-06:00Hauling grain in boxcars was a lot more labour-int...Hauling grain in boxcars was a lot more labour-intensive than with the new grain tanks. Each boxcar had to be coopered before the grain was loaded: wooden grain doors were placed inside the sliding doors and all the gaps and cracks were patched with cardboard or tin. If flax was being hauled, there was an additional step - the boxcar had to be lined with brown paper so the slippery flat seeds Diane Hendershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563115165301223420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-45994365106628580282015-06-18T05:35:21.585-06:002015-06-18T05:35:21.585-06:00The S.O. tells me that back when his family still ...The S.O. tells me that back when his family still had cows (a very small dairy operation), the milk got shipped by rail to the cheese factory, which I seem to recall was located at least 100 miles away from here. The milk runs the freight trains made were what made it possible for a farm to only have half a dozen cows and still make some money. I always wonder a little about the logistics Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-50126606476979141122015-06-15T23:09:17.149-06:002015-06-15T23:09:17.149-06:00Wonderful post, papa.Wonderful post, papa.Kyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420293836826396933noreply@blogger.com