Reply To: Latour Subdivision Train Manifests

[Ryan Smith]

@mclae wrote:

Just looked up the entry for Lexa.
“Lexa is one of the principal icing points for perishable produce being shipped from the Rio Grand Valley through St Louis”.
So an icing dock at Lexa would handle strings of ART reefers.
Not local, but could ne interesting to model and talk about ice reefers and how that changed the eating habits of the nation.
Thomas

Thomas,

Yes, Lexa is just north of where the park “Delta Heritage Trail State Park” that I work at ends. There was a lot of activity in Lexa with livestock pens, at least one cotton gin, and the icing station. From what I heard, people in Lexa used to call the ART reefers travelling through “banana cars” from being yellow. We are in the process of putting together a model display of trains that ran on this line and ARTs are for sure one we want to use.

Thanks,

Ryan