Jungers Rice Lake Lumber To Minneapolis LCL Transfer and storage RICE LAKE Depot Crossing guard shanty

the years, and my Louisville & Nashville LC&L Subdivision has employed three units and is adding a fourth...Alco RS-3 is prepared for service on the LC&L Sub. RS-3 109 was purchased on the secondary market

clerk, they could be tasked with evalu- ating the LCL in each station and or- dering the appropriate number of cars...you have enjoyed this overview of the Santa Fe's LCL or mer- chandise service. LCL or merchandise service was the service that brought ORDER...issued General Order No. 1 requiring that LCL cars be loaded with a minimum of 10 tons before release. ODT

for an additional charge. Modeling Merchandise/LCL Service LCL or merchandise offers a number of opportunities if you model...Santa Fe would sometimes do this when unloading LCL would other- wise delay the rest of the train. Don't forget to...area. If you want to engage in more in- tense LCL or merchandise action, consider adding a freight house or

compiled this listing of inbound and outbound LCL in 1946. The city freight house received a block from both...the transfer house received two blocks of regular LCL from Kansas City and one block of perishable traffic from...a subregional distribution freight house receiving LCL from a principal transfer house and then breaking the freight

in the peddler car to the transfer point for LCL freight in that area, usually the division yard. At the transfer...the Santa Fe did not have cars in dedicated LCL liv- ery. Instead, it used a mix of box cars and refrigerator...thus expediting the shipment. Receipt of LCL for Merchandise Service Incoming merchandise was received

points greatly expedited handling of LCL. These agreements were supplemented by overnight Figure...that it was in a position to carry extensive LCL and merchan- dise across its lightly industrialized, rural

of information on how the Santa Fe handled LCL ex- ists (that I know of). LCL constituted a significant minority of total freight hauled...transfer points" that processed most of the LCL received and then dispatched "through cars" to the next set...the local station was reached, at which time the LCL was transferred from the through car to a peddler car attached

the tank on the outbound interchange, hold the LCL reefer, and assign the meat reefer to the Taylor Turn for pick

the railroad freight service: less than carload (LCL) freight. While a lot of this freight has moved to trucks and...shippers like UPS and FedEx, LCL service was a "significant minority" of traffic on the Santa

reefer traffic and handling less-than-car-load (LCL) traffic. In future columns, I will discuss developing an overall

continues to soldier on in service on my LC&L sub. It was not as diffi- cult as scratchbuilding a car, but

Figure 5a, left. This map shows the refrigerated LCL service offered by the Santa Fe out of its La Junta, Colorado...with Line 90- E in Prescott. Modeling MTC and LCL refrigerator traffic Modeling MTC traffic is relatively...Fe provided a surprising amount of refrigerated LCL service even in a relative rural back- water like Arizona

towns obtained at least once/week refrigerated LCL service. 17

other of delays.17 Santa Fe's Refrigerated LCL "Lines" The Santa Fe offered a variety of re- frigerated LCL routes, called "Lines." The Santa Fe's main hub for refriger- ated...of just how intensive Santa Fe's refrigerated LCL service was. La Junta-Based Lines...that "separate tickets" needed to accompany LCL freight requiring refrigerator service. "Scheduled cars

mechan- ical reefers and render bills for fuel LCL Service The Santa Fe Refrigerator Department (SFRD) offered...year-round scheduled refrigerator LCL shipments for perish- 15

Department's Sched- ule 52 for perishable LCL lines. The Schedule provides a fascinating look at refrigerated...LCL service during the classic period. The Santa Fe operated Above: SFRC #55308 was a Santa Fe RR-90 mechanical...by Stephen J. Sandifer an extensive perishable LCL service, and this could be an interesting aspect of LCL to model. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Finally, I'll end

Transportation 25: Mechanical Protective Service, LCL & Other Perishable Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 By Eric Hiser Bay Rails 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Transportation 25: Mechanical Protective Service, LCL & Other Perishable Thoughts Bay Rails 10 Introducing Operations

and a less robust refrigeration service for LCL. Refrigerated LCL service brings home for me the close relationship be- tween...at all. In our next installment, we will turn to LCL service more generally consider- ing questions that have...about perishable service or DO on the upcoming LCL installment. 1. Perishable Protective Tariff 18, Local, Joint