Screen capture from Jack Delano January 1941 shot -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Ted Larson wrote: So has California avocado production dropped off??? Or did Mexico production increase? I would love to buy

Bingo. It also means not to hump the car. Pfaudler box tank cars were also so marked. Dennis Storzek

So has California avocado production dropped off??? Or did Mexico production increase? I would love to buy California production, for multiple reasons.

Thanks for sending these Tom. Very helpful. Cheers! -- Michael Gross Pasadena, CA

Indeed. Can we now return to the rational set of laws that existed before Disney got the laws changed to protect the damn mouse? Dave Nelson

Including MICKEY MOUSE !! Oh my. :-D On 1/1/2023 5:22 PM, Eric Hansmann wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I don't think anyone has brought this up before. It was not an uncommon stencil. Anyone want to research the question and tabulate all the known uses of this stencil ? :-)

Yay!!!! Eric Hansmann Media, PA

I suspect it’s a directive to not kick it down a track on its own. Shove into place and uncouple or have a brakeman ride it to apply brakes to a stop. Just guessing. Eric Hansmann Media, PA

Everything published in 1927 now moves into the public domain. Dave Nelson

In the photo of Rr-69 in the lower left corner it says "Shove or Ride to Rest". No idea what this means? Thoughts? Bob Morningstar

Rock Island skeletonized many for TOFC use. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Interestingly the Milw Road skeletonized a small group of these cars in assigned service to a mfr of pipe. The cars without floor and side boards didn't collect dunnage that needed to be cleaned out

You are correct. SFRD 1476 it is. Here is the blown up end reporting mark. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> Reply-To:

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A touch of dyslexia Brian? :-) SFRC 1476 (the 6 is not legible on my screen) If it were 1746 it would be an Rr-71. Both classes (69 & 71) are interesting

Blowing up the photo, it appears the car number is SFRD 1746. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Bob Chaparro via groups.io" <chiefbobbb@...> Reply-To:

Calavo was a major avocado grower in Southern California. Here are photos of the Calavo plant and rail spur in Fallbrook (undated) and their distribution warehouse in Los Angeles. The warehouse had

I recalled reading an obituary of a Fallbrook, CA, avocado grower which mentioned that he developed a commercially viable method for delaying the ripening of avocados (around the mid-1960s), which