Folks, I'm finally finishing my RailShops Carbon Black covered hopper. I'm planning on lettering it for United Carbon Company (UCBX) for a pre-WWII built car using Mount Vernon Shops decals. Those

The Jacksonville Sanborn maps updated through 1949 are available on the Library of Congress web site: Here is the link to Volume 1a: <https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn01286_008/>

 Forgot to mention, if you zoom in on the window, you can see a little bit of the interior of the shack, might be the edge of a roller shutter desk that is hopelessly crowded up with 'stuff' of

 Hi List Members, For everyone's convenience, I will put the web link back into the conversation... https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll21/id/3846/rec/102 The date

Remember that the only reason to think it might be 1935 is that whoever logged it into the DPL thought that was a plausible date -- thus the "?" after it. We have seen this kind of guesswork over and

This location is about a block from the Denver Union Station. A map that came with the book "Denver's Railroads" shows the L.J. Brown hide house, but where the Swift shack and shed are located in the

None of the reefers here seem to have a ladder or ladder grabs on the right corner. I don’t see any freight cars this side of the bridge in this scene with sill steps under the left side corner. I

This may end up being one of those photos that we never figure out. Dave Parker questions the date of the photo, and the age of the cars would suggest it was more around WWI. Additionally, from what

One of the ads on the ties in front of the cars says "anti trust", possibly a reference to the American Tobacco Co (Duke family) which was broken up by the Feds in 1911. The Duke family controlled 94%

“An ad poster for Swift and Company is on the front of the building;” To me, it looks like it is on the end of the car itself (could be the car is “permanent”???) Reporting marks end in

I’m suspect this is a building related to byproducts from Swift. Note the many Swift Wool Soap signs. There are burlap sacks under the loading dock, perhaps containing wool. The building next door

Thank you for the additional information, Tony. Gifts of information like this are what makes this collection of modelers the best, in my opinion. Todd Sullivan

Todd Sullivan wrote: Not ordinarily, unless hot cargoes were expected. Magnesite was more common, and fiberglass batts were used too. Lots of photos of both at AC&F. But Todd's point is that

Found the National Stocktard for Jacksonville FL in one of the Sanborns for the city, see attached

 Hi Bob, Great image you found there! I especially like the two wildly disparate types of end-of-track bumpers that are right next to one another. Claus Schlund

That's a cool photo, but the library's guess as to the date (1935) is way off. The lettering scheme on the second car is pre-WWI, and the cars are not SAA-compliant. I'd say 1910-15, possibly

For some reason the little frame building with the brick chimney reminds me of a paper barbershop sold by Carsten's decades ago in a book of paper buildings you could cut out and assemble. That really

I should have noted this was a model. Sorry. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Swift & Company Shed A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll21/id/3846/rec/102 Click on the double-headed arrow and then

Second photo is a model. Or is Bob having a joke here?? Tom Madden