And since PRR got to Chicago, it is possible some could me shipped further west on GN, MILW or SOO/CP to points west

It’s not an “if”, Chuck, you are correct; anthracite was indeed shipped all over as a water treatment consumable. Elden Gatwood

B&M links now fixed. At: https://www.bmrrhs.org/sanborn_bm_sheets_mass (note the data is just listing the sheet numbers with B&M trackage, not the scans of the Sanborn maps…)

It is my understanding the B&W microfilmed Sanborn maps were produced from the LoC’s color originals. So the color ones available on-line from the LoC scanning project *should* match the

Nice job, Vince! Elden Gatwood

Todd; Glad you asked! This was an event dreaded by most, when things got out of control under the “floor” of the blast furnace, and it required draining of the molten iron mass into

Garth et al, A couple of comments regarding LOC Sanford Maps. The index page for each Volume has a change history shown. If you look at that page you can see the original (copyright) date as

Bruce, The Oct 43 ORER includes Sayre, OK with the July, 1945 ORER listing of home points for United Carbon Company: Borger, Texas; Indiana Harbor, Indiana; Kosmos, Texas; Milton, Pennsylvania;

Bill and friends, Some cautions with the Sanborn maps are in order. Some of the colorful paper originals had updates pasted in over the years, so a book issued with a particular date might actually

  Bruce Smith wrote: “Since I model 1944, that car will need to be reweighed. I realize that a car could be reweighed by any road when due, but typically, the home shops tried to get that

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