So I guess this leads to the next question: if you wash out all that lanolin, presumably the left over urine/lanolin also has industrial value? Does that go to a rendering plant? Or fertilizer

You don’t think it’s washed several times in the process of making the sweater? Have you smelled pig urine when buying said sweaters? Likely not. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Another good reason to wash/dry clean newly purchased wool clothing before wearing it. Ken Montreo

Oh you will regret. A prime use for hog urine was cleaning lanolin from raw wool. Think of that the next time you wear a wool sweater. It is also used in fertilizer. Most blood was dried before

OK, much as wonder if I will regret it, I have to ask: what was the market for blood, and what was the market for hogs urine? I have packing plants on the line I model, bt have no insight about this

 Hi Richard, Thanks for the great images. The one depressed center flat car road number GE 40001, shown broadside on one of the photos, was a 90-ton car. I don't know the year it was built, but

Claus thank you. You are correct that is a Decker tank car, used for various fats, like lard, and for blood and hog urine. The tank cars were gone by the early 30s, replaced by leased units. You cite

Sure is odd that the streaks caused by removing the original lettering for retouching just happen to coincide with the new lettering. What are the odds? Ed Edward Sutorik

The only crane operation I’ve seen (the crane, not the operation) was on the East Broad Top where they were switching between Std. Gauge and Narrow Gauge trucks. Presumably not the case here.

Testors is now owned by Rust - Oleum .Many colors have been dropped from the line.Armand Premo

I agree Dave. I like the NYC. I plan on getting a 19000 caboose from either the society or AMB down the road. I have a Funaro USRA caboose which probably was painted the same as yours. I agree the

marty; good catch, they mght have been chained to the bolster, but would need a clearer picture mel perry

Dave, Having lived in New York State for many years, and having modeled the New York Central for a while, my recollection is that the NYC freight car color was toward the brown side of the spectrum.

hi all:correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t the trucks come off. Marty Cooper

And the two men 'standing underneath the car' are definitely further back than under the car. Even in pre-OSHA days, no railroad employee would be negligent enough to stand under a car suspended from

The crane looks new; the track it runs on certainly looks like it was just installed. The flatcar appears to be loaded with something, maybe flat steel plate. I'd hazard a guess that this is the test

Speaking of modified builder photos -- I always enjoyed photos from the latter years at Pacific Car & Foundry, when builder photos were taken in a dirt-surfaced yard, then a negative of a patch of

My first thought was the modeler had glued the load on . . . 😊 But I agree, it’s a promotional image. Schuyler

Jack and All- Some retouched photos from “back in the day” are obvious but some were so skillfully done they are hard to detect. I have a couple that I actually thought about destroying

Bob, I can't figure why in this situation it would be necessary either, except to prove it could be done. I think it is a staged publicity photo for P&H. Note that the flatcar's trucks are heavily