Less than Carload Lot

ShippingPrepared by Steve Sandifer

LTL – Less than Truckload Lot

Shipping: 1920-1950Shipping: 1920-1950

• U. S. Postal ServiceU. S. Postal Service• Railway ExpressRailway Express• Less-than-Carload Lot Less-than-Carload Lot

(LCL)(LCL)• Freight Forwarders – Freight Forwarders –

Non RR originated Non RR originated LCL.LCL.

National Carloadings

1921 28%

1932 32%

1940 21%

1945 13%

1950 11%

1955 8.5%

1959 6.8%

Trap Cars

Ferry Cars

Peddler Car (Waycar, Route Car)

B&M LCL load, 1949

“A wheelbarrow going to Hillsboro. Some gallon cans of Sears Roebuck paint in transit to Antrim. We have two boxes of General Electric light bulbs, other boxes of Kleenex. A carton of crepe paper, Halloween cups from the C. A. Reed Company of Williamsport, PA, is part of our freight. Plumber’s equipment for John J. Carey is in one corner of the car. Near the door are cans of poultry feed. A box of Hallmark greeting cards is in the car. We are carrying garden hose, tools. Spiegel’s mail order house in Chicago has given us a shipment of small furniture, crated, a Montgomery Ward canoe is another of our items.” R. M. Neal

Stop-Off Cars

Reefers in L.C.L

Route Cars – Meat Packers

LCL - Ports

GH&H, I&GN, MKT - Galveston

Santa Fe Trail Transportation

Corwith (Chicago)

Corwith (Chicago)

1946 Corwith TransferNerska Joliet Streator (2 cars)GalesburgFort MadisonKansas City TransferKansas City properAtchisonTopekaEmporiaHutchinsonSalina

Dodge CityPueblo DenverLas VegasAlbuquerqueLos Angeles (12 cars)San DiegoPhoenixOaklandFresnoSan Francisco (10 cars)Wichita TransferWichita proper

AmarilloClovisEl PasoChanuteTulsaArkansas CityOklahoma CityLubbockFort WorthTempleDallasHouston

ATSF Kansas City Transfer 1959

Russell Crump collection

ATSF Kansas City Transfer 1959

Russell Crump collection

ATSF Kansas City Transfer 1959

Russell Crump collection

ATSF Kansas City Transfer 1959

Russell Crump collection

ATSF Kansas City Outbound 1920s

Russell Crump collection

UP

MKT

CRI&P

CM&StP

ATSF

CB&Q

AltonFrisco

ATSF

Early ATSF Freight House, Kansas City

ATSF Kansas City Transfer 1953

Cleveland (NKP, NYC)

Detroit (NYC, MC)

Fort Wayne (PRR)

Galewood Transfer (CMSTP&P)

Gibson Transfer (NYC, IHB)

Grand Rapids (C&O, PM)

Hornell Transfer NY (Erie)

Indianapolis (NYC)

Memphis (SLSF)

Milwaukee (CMSTP&P)

Minneapolis (M&STL)

Peoria (M&STL)

Springfield (SLSF)

St. Louis (MoPac, Wabash)

Utica Transfer (NYC)

Santa Fe transfer houses

Albuquerque

Amarillo

Corwith

Wichita.

TOFC 1951 Experiment

St. Joseph, Missouri

Alma Branch local

Emporia

Emporia

Emporia

Emporia 1946 Incoming LCL - Rail

•Corwith block 27 to Emporia on train 37.

•Kansas City block 745 to Emporia on train 35.

•Kansas City block 747 to Emporia Transfer on train 35.

•Kansas City block 749 to Emporia Transfer on train 35.

•Kansas City block 751 to Emporia Transfer on train 35, loads perishable

Emporia 1946 Outgoing LCL - Rail

• Emporia block 1 to Wiggam on train 66: local eastbound toward Kansas City, Tu., Th., Sa.

• Emporia block 2 to Strong City on train 75, Strong City to Osborne, Daily.

• Emporia block 3 on train 59, Saffordville to Osborne, Wed.

• Emporia block 4 on mixed train 96, Ople to Moline, Wed. and Fri.

Emporia 1946 Incoming LCL - Truck

• Topeka block 97 to Emporia

• Wichita block 96 to Emporia

Santa Fe Freight Depots

San Francisco, built 1952From Railway Age

Santa Fe Freight Depots

San Francisco, built 1952From Railway Age

Santa Fe Freight Depots

Atchison, KS

Santa Fe Freight Depots

San Angelo, TX

Santa Fe Freight Depots

Trinidad, CO

Santa Fe Freight Depots

Brenham, TX

Santa Fe Freight Depots

Lampasas, TX

Santa Fe Freight Depots

Fort Worth, TX

Santa Fe Freight Depots

El Dorado, KS

Santa Fe Freight Depots

Raton, NM

Modeling L.C.L. Service

Models by Bob Barnett

LCL Schedule

3:00 am Cars begin to arrive

7:00 am Most cars have arrived

Unloading and reloading continues all day

4:30 pm Closed to new shipment

7:00 pm Cars pulled for shipment

LCL Trap Cars

• Furniture manufacturing

• Textile mill

• Appliance manufacturer

• Candy factory

• Mail order warehouse

Ferry Cars

• From one railroad’s freight house to another railroad’s freight house.

• Remember that the Corwith – Nerska job only moved 2 miles.

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