I am not aware of a Dodge-DeSoto plant in Vernon. That may have been the Chrysler plant that I referred to as being in Commerce. It may have actually been in Vernon.

I recall watching automobiles being unloaded from a boxcar on to an adjacent concrete platform in 1949 or 1950. The location was on a Pacific Electric side track just north of the PE station and

I agree that using per capita data for most commodities has no value -- most industrial goods for instance, but for some consumer goods there is some value -- not conclusive proof, but value. To

Correct, just south of, and visible from, I-88. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

Mark Plank asked: As a first time attendee at the Naperville meet, I want to make sure I go to the correct location. From the Steam Era Freight Cars site, I see the meeting is at the Naperville

As a first time attendee at the Naperville meet, I want to make sure I go to the correct location. From the Steam Era Freight Cars site, I see the meeting is at the Naperville Holiday Inn. Is there

"SP" Paul wrote: So, you were an SP passenger agent in the 1960's? Now THERE was a thankless job... I don't remember where I read that Cadillac's were built at South Gate, I'll have to try and find

Jeff Aley wrote, in part: Jeff, You struck pay dirt, and thank you! I just found a 1954 copy of Ward's Automotive Yearbook on the Net; it's now headed this way via Priority Mail. When it hits my

All, Unfortunately, I've had to cancel out of Naperville at short notice. I have to attend a family wedding in New York City that weekend. However, I will still update the USRA DS Boxcars and

Hello Everyone, Looking forward to see many of you in Napierville at the Prototype Modelers meet in about one week. I will be presenting a program about operations at a division end point, actually

Exactly. In the present day GM autos are unloaded at Tarrytown NY for delivery to the entire region. Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> Sterling, Massachusetts

Garth Groff wrote: California did have several auto assembly plants in the 1950s and 1960s. The best known were GM in Milpitas (in the East Bay Area), served by the SP; Ford in Milpitas, served by

englishintroy wrote: Dwight Smith, a B&M traffic rep. in the 1950's, wrote an article about traffic into and out of New Hampshire and Vermont fifteen years ago in the B&M BULLETIN which included the

Dave, Yes, California did have several auto assembly plants in the 1950s and 1960s. The best known were GM in Milpitas (in the East Bay Area), served by the SP; Ford in Milpitas, served by the WP and

In all likelihood if NYC were to choose where to terminate loads of autos bound for NJ, they would have used the West Shore to weehawken, NJ, not the main line to NY City. Of course it was the

Depending on what you are interested in, the per capital approach may skew the results tremendously. These states have very low population densities. Consequently, a single automobile delivered to

Shawn: Wrong the Van Nuys plant was built to assemble Chevy's and the South Gate was BOP (Buick, Olds & Pontiac) no Cadillac's were assembled at either plant. As a City Freight and Passenger Agent I

Hmmm... Dave, I lived in Texas, Calif, and NJ during the 1950's. I do not know of any major auto assembly plant in Texas during that era. And in New Jersey I think there was one each Ford and GM

Jim, the Red Caboose NP wood side reefers were close enough if you replaced the underframe with an Accurail fishbelly version, and replaced the peaked roof with a Central Valley NP stock car radial