MERCHANTS DISPATCH/Hinman Delaware & Hudson CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR

CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR

Columbia River Gorge Part 1

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

This program was shot in January and July of 2011

1/3 scale railway running for 13-1/2 miles through the English countryside in Kent

MERCHANTS DISPATCH/Hinman Delaware & Hudson CALIFORNIA ZEPHYRMerchants 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