i have a couple questions. in my hometown there was a big grocery warehouse that recieved rail cars into the late seventies/ early eighties. there is a bunch of old doors that have since been bricked in most of them. there seems to have been truck loading as well on the same side . were the doors for both rail and truck or do they need different sized doors?.
also there was a small alfalfa pellet plant that shipped out pellets by rail im assuming , and am wandering how might they have been shipped . (boxcar or covered hopper). the town in question is thief river falls, mn if it helps. thank you- dan
i have a couple questions. in my hometown there was a big grocery warehouse that recieved rail cars into the late seventies/ early eighties. there is a bunch of old doors that have since been bricked in most of them. there seems to have been truck loading as well on the same side . were the doors for both rail and truck or do they need different sized doors?
Yes the receiving doors could have been used for rail and truck shipments…The size of the dock door doesn’t matter…
When I was braking on the PRR some times we would need to wait on a trucker to move his truck so we could do our work even if he was in the process of being unloaded or loaded-of course if the trailer was nearly empty(less then say 2-3 pallets) we would wait.
also there was a small alfalfa pellet plant that shipped out pellets by rail im assuming , and am wandering how might they have been shipped . (boxcar or covered hopper). the town in question is thief river falls, mn if it helps.
Alfalfa pellets is shipped in bags or bulk.
You see alfalfa pellets is used for feed and fertilizer.