Question about the Lincoln Secondary

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Eric Berger
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Question about the Lincoln Secondary

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Yesterday (2 January 2019,) I saw the Glass Man headed south past Inkster Road at about 1415 EST. I noted quite a few covered hoppers. In addition, I also saw a few center beam lumber cars mixed in.

A couple of weeks ago, I'd seen him pass by and I saw a center beam car that time too; I didn't post anything about it at the time because I thought I was seeing things, or perhaps that it was a Railbox that I'd mistaken, as I was on the job and was preoccupied with that...and I was also about half a mile away when he'd passed by.

So, my question is --- who along the Secondary would be getting center beam lumber cars? I'm not aware of any businesses along there that would get those.

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Re: Question about the Lincoln Secondary

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Could be a warehouse further up the secondary that gets traffic.

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Re: Question about the Lincoln Secondary

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Car goes to Guardian Glass where it is loaded with huge plates of glass that is sent else where to be cut. Movement started a couple of months ago

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Re: Question about the Lincoln Secondary

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Wow, glass transported on an open car as opposed to a box car. I'm sure it makes sense but I'm still a little surprised.
Fred wrote:Car goes to Guardian Glass where it is loaded with huge plates of glass that is sent else where to be cut. Movement started a couple of months ago
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