tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433205664324646866.post1084998443781768527..comments2023-10-25T06:36:57.312-07:00Comments on Bethlehem NY History: Our Towne Bethlehem February 2020: SandSusan Leathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13157201301506079611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433205664324646866.post-58636144505845337932021-08-26T06:05:03.017-07:002021-08-26T06:05:03.017-07:00Thank you for sharing - the sand does have a reddi...Thank you for sharing - the sand does have a reddish cast doesn't? Interesting<br /> about the box cars too!Susan Leathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13157201301506079611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433205664324646866.post-43552414111482914042021-08-24T14:08:16.368-07:002021-08-24T14:08:16.368-07:00I remember in the late 50’s early 60’s passing by ...I remember in the late 50’s early 60’s passing by the Slingerlands station on the way to the farm stand on 85A (before the country club moved in). Piles of red sand being loaded in to boxcars with a wheeled conveyer. Boxcars were used to protect it from the weather as this was before widespread used of covered hopper. Unloading at the other end would have undoubtedly required a lot of manual labor since the cars didn’t have drop bottoms to facilitate emptying Foxtrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926064687343743795noreply@blogger.com