How long to load an ice bunker? - Model Railroader Magazine

 We used to have an ice house at the family business a produce wholesale co-op and when I was a kid they had refrigerated box cars so the days of loading the ice blocks were long since past.

 I do recall the stories from my uncles how the train would drop off 3 or 4 cars depending on the order and they would have to load them by hand by sliding the block down a long shoot and send them in through roof hatches. When a car was loaded they would hook a cable to it and start up a gasoline powered winch and pull the loaded car up so the next empty could be loaded with ice. I remember them telling me my one uncle was kinda on the thick headed side and would try and pull the entire cut of cars with the winch instead of one at a time usually resulting in a snapped cable and my grandfather inventing new cuss words. They retired the winch eventually and just used an old front end loader to push the cars out of the loading area. An Aloco RS3 would have been a much better choice if it were up to me.