Having lived in Baton Rouge for four years, freezing is the last thing I would think of ; ) Nelson Moyer

I thought that the stack was a flare that would take care of vapors off crude oil loads. The headers along the ground might be various petroleum products that might be loaded. But a flare is not

My guess it that it was used for filling tank cars with water. As has been noted, there is no oil on the ground or on the spouts. I recall reading about trains of tank cars bringing potable water to

I can’t believe this complex was intended for filling tenders. Perhaps this is a ‘filling station’ for tank cars carrying water. Nelson Moyer

Looks like a place to fill tank cars, ie top loading. As it says “watering station” possibly a location to fill cars with potable water? Note the wheel house of a ship in the background, behind

The facility is for loading or unloading oil tank cars. Note thebridge of a ship in the background. Charlie

Very interesting. Somebody understand how it worked? Al

This is a link to a photo from the Louisiana Digital Library http://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/hnoc-clf%3A3045 The title says the subject is a train watering station.

Group, In the latest new product release, Intermountain is showing 1958 cuft covered hoppers with the Murphy standing seam roof and type 3 hatches and locking bars for several railroads. All that

Wow! Beautiful work. It puts my own Ambroid/Northeastern model of the same car to shame (and I though it was pretty good….). Denny Denny S. Anspach, MD Sacramento, CA 95864

We had extensive discussions in 2009 about these cars in the Frost Collection in the City of Vancouver Archives. West India Fruit & Steamship #106 and #321

Here is the Bob's Photo information for the West Springfield show. Bob will be at: Regency Inn and Suites 21 Baldwin St. West Springfield, Mass. His hours are: Friday, Jan. 26, 11 a.m. to 9

Lester – Excellent job. – Al Westerfield Sent from Mail for Windows 10 Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 2:33 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Westerfield composite gondola kit and

"Across the street" is, in my experience, not sufficiently clear. What's the hotel's name?? And BTW, Bob doesn't "do" email. You have to call him. 606 845 3323 Schuyler From:

I have a post card with where Bob will be doing business during the West Springfield show. Unfortunately, it's at home and I'm at work. If memory serves me it's the Regency motel across Memorial

I mention this reluctantly but there are seventeen 4'x'4'x7' pallets of Branchline Freight car parts sitting in an Atlas warehouse begging to be rescued and sorted. I alerted a couple of hobby

John Greene from Bethlehem Car Works is who you are referring to. Trywww.bethlehemcarworks.com Bethlehem Car Works - Site Index www.bethlehemcarworks.com Price reduced on Branchline Passenger Car

Hello, I have finished a Westerfield composite gondola, kit number 2501, and scratch build of the same in 2006. I have posted the photos and writeup to my blog I started to share photos and writeup

Somewhere between CCB and home I seem to have lost the contact information for the person who was selling Branchline parts at Prototype Rails. Can anyone provide me with that info? Richard

What’s the tripod on #60’s roof for? Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: STMFC List <STMFC@...> on behalf of STMFC List <STMFC@...> Reply-To: STMFC List