MERCHANTS DISPATCH/Hinman Delaware & Hudson Columbia River Gorge Part 1

Columbia River Gorge Part 1

CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR

is presented to you in the same chronological order as it was recorded so you can experience the year’s activities just as if you were side-by-side with our rail journalist as he sought out the best locations and movements in this densely trafficked region

If you are a modeler or just unterested in these dual-service cab units

the old Central Pacific fire lookout above Cisco

MERCHANTS DISPATCH/Hinman Delaware & Hudson Columbia River Gorge Part 1Merchants Despatch or, to give its full name, Merchants Despatch Transportation or MDT, was one of the largest owners and operators of refrigerator cars in the United States. Though owned by New York Central, it was independently operated from headquarters in Chicago and operated a major shop at East Rochester, New York. Over the years, not only refrigerator cars for MDT and it subsidiaries such as Northern Refrigerator Line, but many freight cars for