So the Silkers would be disqualified why? They didn't reblock, setout or
pickup en route as that would all take too much time. And what other cargos
did they carry? Near as I've been told, the Silk Trains were nothing but Silk.
Or are you thinking that because they didn't always use the exact same
reefers/boxcars/whatever that they're disqualified?
Jon
On 2013-11-05, at 6:15 PM, Roger T. wrote:
-----Would the Silk trains the CPR carried be considered a Unit train since
the cargo, origin and destination points were the same? These were
extremely fast freights without switching en route, and IIRC, always
destined for New York via Prescott, Ontario...
Cheers,
Jon
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No, because a unit train is made up of identical rolling stock carrying one
commodity from "A" to "B" with no reblocking nor setting out nor picking up
en route.
Cheers.
Roger T.
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