Nostalgia & History > Freight Car Tues.. Amer. Colloid Co. 1969

Taken in Belle Fourche, SD... Belle is about an hour NW of Rapid City...Summer of 1969...Steve



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/19/19 12:08 by the_expediter.

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When photos of these and other interesting cars, trailers and whatnot are posted I would really appreciate it if someone familiar with the company operating the car could offer a few words about the company, what they usually ship in the car and where they are located.  The more one knows the more interesting it gets.  Thanks, Jeff

American Colloid Co. had a small warehouse in Kanopolis, KS. I think at one time, it had a short RR line into the building. I'm not sure about this, but I think they got salt from the nearby salt mines and bagged it up and was shipped out and after the RR pulled out, it was shipped out by trucks. I think there was a Co also someplace in Ne. The Ne truckers went on strike and the Ks truckers didn't. The Ne truckers came down to Kanopolis and torched the inside of the tractors there. I was only about 18 years old when this happened, now 79. Lotta water under the bridge since then. upkpfan

Jeff Wrote:
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> When photos of these and other interesting cars,
> trailers and whatnot are posted I would really
> appreciate it if someone familiar with the company
> operating the car could offer a few words about
> the company, what they usually ship in the car and
> where they are located.  The more one knows the
> more interesting it gets.  Thanks, Jeff

Well, in Belle Fourche, this car would be used to carry sacked bentonite which was mined in the Belle Fourche area.  I used to see these cars
regularly when I lived near there.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA