That's Bob from Bob's photos. His last name is something positively unspellable (Llejestrand or something like that). Besides all the photos, he has several books. I grew up in Worcester,

Shawn, if you would come to Naperville (as if) you would sure know these binders. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Naval Air Station. The shipyards were in Mare Island and Hunters Point. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

Many good suggestions, I think Weirton Steel is likely, but as a consignee, what about the naval shipyard in Alameda? That wouldn't be canstock, I suspect. SGL

Shawn, The answer is: Bob Liljistrand Bob's Photo 37 Spring St Ansonia Ct 06401 203-734-6666 The man has 10,000's of photos and from many roads. Write with your interests and you will

Clark, The first thing on the list would be Weirton Steel, and followed by brick,china,porcelain and clay items, ending at Koppers Butane Industrial track. [ installed during the Korean

Beckert, Shawn wrote: Shawn, Bob Liljestrand, the Bob of Bob's Photo, is the one with the blue shirt. I believe that his son is in the foreground. Many of us in the STMFC are quite familiar with

Tony Thompson writes: " After World War II, at least for auto parts, the pool arrangements were in the form of written contracts and numbers of dedicated cars from each pool contributor were

Beckert, Shawn wrote: Nope. It is merely a negotiated agreement. There are examples in the documentation of the auto parts pools in which SP participated which demonstrate this. Grand Trunk

Looks like Bob's Photos.Armand Premo

Greg Martin wrote: After World War II, at least for auto parts, the pool arrangements were in the form of written contracts and numbers of dedicated cars from each pool contributor were

Looks like Bob of Bobs Photos. Thousands of photos and still coming. Tom Palmer

Fellow Listers, This photo was taken at the annual railroadiana show in Gaithersburg, Maryland last year. Notice what's for sale on the table in front of

wrote: That might explain why the CGW only bought one 60' auto parts car. Clark Propst

I had to post the image of M&StL 2900 in the photo section the files section didn't have room. It's the last photo, just hit view all and scroll down. Clark Propst

Clark Propst wrote: My understanding of a freightcar pool is the railroad that stands to get the greatest percentage of the line haul business has to contribute a corresponding number of cars to the

Tim, here's a link to a model. http://www.eldora.net/lyndon/propst/boxcar2902.html I'll post the prototype in the files section. Clark propst

I know little of car pools and am maybe oversimplifying things. My definition of a pool would be: Railroad X buys freight cars to carry an industries product. That industry loads and sends the cars

hoppers to South Freeport for handling by the IC and I think it billed some to Galena for the Q. Either line had a way from said locations to East St. Louis. Yes, and some probably went to

Clark, I would love to see a model of this car, since evidently they ran on the SP in the 1960 era. Can you post a photo? Does it have tab sills, taper sills (what style?) Does it match either the