UNION CITY PASSENGER DEPOT

All aboard! Passengers are now enjoying the brand-new passenger station in Union City, Tennessee.

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Label: How to get from A to B          

As was previously mentioned, a formidable array of railway car information was being assembled. Often, lesser known roadnames were omitted. The task was still Herculean. I exaggerate a little, just a little. Why this effort. Well art and craft imitate life. Particularly in the miniature world. And another thing, the railways always had many railcars on the property that were not their own roadname. Even though this was not always the case. Back in the day, railways trans-loaded cargoes. A strenuous task no doubt. Then as time and service became more important, the railroads worked out a plan to exchange cars. The carriers paid or charged a daily fee if cars stayed off their own railroad an excessive amount of time. This charge was called demurrage. Never heard of it before I read about it. A legal term no doubt. Anyway, this is why such distant roadnames appear in such out of the way places. omscaler