[Accrs] This Bud Is For Rails

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

Tony,

*I posted the photo on the Intermodal group and mentioned that the cars 
looked like Spine cars. I got the following reply.*

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*These are actually "Pogie Bogies" (named after Walter Pogue, one of the 
designers according to DeBoer). These were designed for short-haul 
feeder TOFC movements to and from intermodal hubs in the Midwest. That 
idea didn't work out. However in 1989, LIRR marketed the service to 
truckers wanting to circumvent highway congestion between North Jersey 
and LI. Trucks were loaded onto the bogies at the old PRR Greenville 
yard on the Jersey side and Farmington NY on the LI. The trip across the 
harbor between Greenville and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn was by carfloat 
owned by NY Cross Harbor RR. The connection between the bogies (other 
than the trainline) was the trailer itself. Each bogie had a well for 
the tandem and a hitch for the adjacent trailer. The service lasted 
about a year.*

*The only other beer trailers as TOFC I recall seeing were photos of 40' 
Coors vans on ATSF in the 1960's-70's.*

Paul Brezicki

They were also carried by D&RGW and C&S.

Jim Eager

Nothing east on Q/BN?

Paul Brezicki





On 1/8/2019 8:57 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society wrote:
> Message From: Tony Long  tony.long at outlook.com
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> Anyone seem other beer brands in TOFC trains?   Maybe we can offer A-B 
> Breweries to sponsor a “beer train” for $1000/year. (or some amount 
> that is fair and equable)  (Then duplicate the offer for Miller,  
> Heineken,  Kona,  Sierra,  others)
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> http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/bogies/bogies_Greenville-NJ_12-10-1991_CarlGPerelman.jpg
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