Andy- The effect of the perception of color by the human eye varying by the size of the object being observed is a function of the amout of light received by the rods in our eyes....and has been the

I just retired from a large California school district, where I was in charge of developing the annual budget (last year just over $200 million). For me, coming home and trying to make my models

I grew up on Central Iowa in the 40's and 50's and the Black Angus and Herefords were prime beef, the best in the land, they were shipped to Chicago to the packing houses for the city market. As for

Mike Brock noted from his 1949 Fraley: As per the MONON ad in the September 1948 TRAINS, CIL #1 carried a load of alumina from Bauxite Arkansas to Troutdale OR between April 26th to May 5th, 1948.

Allen, Mike & Tony, You are all correct. It is alumina that ALCOA in Massena receives bycovered hopper. Taking a guess from all the information that you gave me, ALCOA in thr late 50's probably

Larry Jackman notes: "When I was on the UNPAC in Kansas in the early 50s Bauxite was shipped in Box cars from Arkansas to the west." The Fraley conductor book has a string of 26 box cars

On the Santa Fe road, milk/cream was being shipped in baggage cars from various stations all across Kansas as late as the early 1960's. A couple of co-workers have also recounted stories of

Hi Folks, I have posted a picture of the Nodaway Iowa depot in 1918. In a folder named Midwest in the photo section. And I hope that any other members with pictures from the area would post some of

Alumina is nearly as light as fly ash; a puff of wind and it's all over the place. Several years ago, ALCOA purchased Eastalco Aluminum. EA had plants in Canada and Fredrick, Maryland. Their alumina

Andy Carlson notes: "I think the most fundamental difference in perceived color is light intensity. An average train room is lit about 7 or more F-stops less than the good ol outdoors. In a

Dick and Tony, I worked for Alcoa down in Tennessee in their smelter and often traveled to the Massena, NY smelter. Tony is correct, the loads coming in would have been Alumina and they were

Denny Anspach said: All true, Denny, but those SP transparencies certainly were used for publicity, at least when they were new. That they may then have been stored properly attests to what any

Andy, I agree totally. As I illustrated with this pic a while ago. Same car, same day, same roll of film -- change of time

The generic "Box car red" is misleading.What we really need is more information on the colors (shades or hues ) used by the various railroads.Having that information,we can weather to our heart's

--- Mike Brock <brockm@...> wrote: I think the most fundamental difference in perceived color is light intensity. An average train room is lit about 7 or more F-stops less than the good

Andy Carlson writes: "Color does not have a scale. Colored light does come in differing intensity, etc. etc., but it does not scale." I believe the point is, while color might not change,

I believe that the geographic differences in milk rail transport probably was at least in part influenced the differing natures of the dairy industry in major parts of the country, i.e. milk

The BL ad in either a recent RMC or MR advertised the later scheme and I ordered one thru Central Hobby supply. I believe it was number 9009. I have not received it yet but my ordering is what

The underlying factor in the milk transport on railroads is clearly distance and quantity. In the New York City milk market there was a huge volume, much of it coming from upstate New York. This

The issue of whether any given color photograph may be an accurate mirror of color is a judgment that almost always has to be made contemporaneously. Even then, even though judged acceptable, truly