There are a couple sets of vats in that image. There are a host of slightly smaller vats on the right side of the plant. I also see two spurs to the facility. These other vats sit between the two

I wonder if these coils are for can stock. BTW, the Reading gondola has an 8-1937 journal repack stencil. It’s also wearing original lettering applied shortly after the corporate name change

There was a Nalley's Fine Foods on the Los Angeles Junction Ry (LAJ) Owens Lead. They had 8 spots on their spur that received frozen foods, bulk corn, spuds & other. No mention of pickles or vinegar

Seems to me I recall that Swift also got some CB&Q SM-?? Stock cars. I recall seeing a photo of one lettered for Swift, don’t recall the reporting mark. Charlie Vlk

 Hi Bob and List Members, I think the number on this car is actually 131844, not 131944. In addition to the image that Bob pointed us to, there are additional images of this same car

That’s the image that inspired the paint, lettering, and weathering on my X26. Here’s the blog post. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2016/10/14/masking-tape-as-a-weathering-tool/ I’ve

It was KEPX 119 (not KCEX) I can't find who owned those reporting marks. -- Ken Akerboom

I know that most of this detail would be too small to see with normal vision in HO scale (but that certainly doesn't stop Bill from doing the incredible detailing that he does), so it makes me wonder,

 Hi Bob and List Members, Any chance this is an insulated boxcar? Possible equipped with a heater? I ask because the one door we can just barely see looks like it has two leaves and is hinged

Bob Chaparro wrote: I count six cards or remnants of cards. Clerks would tell you they never bothered to remove old cards, but just added the new one that was needed. Tony Thompson tony@...

Pickles and vinegar have little in common other than they shipped in wood vats or tanks. I have not found any information on salting stations within Cali. Pickles were packed in the Seattle area by

Photo: American Steel & Wire Company Gondola 1204 A circa 1915-1917 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital

Photo: WF&NW Boxcar 4108 A 1913 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.133770.CP/viewer Scroll on the photo to

Photo: Flat Cars With Stationary Steam Engine Load A 1907 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital

X26 540005 to the right has had "LINES" painted out. Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn AL

Photo: PRR Hopper 192255 A 1916 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.164385.CP/viewer Scroll on the photo to

Photos: S.P. Boxcar 84993 Two 1918 photos from the University of Pittsburgh Digital

Photo: PRR Gondola 280422 A 1926 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.261933.CP/viewer Scroll on the photo to

Photo: WHD Boxcar 560 A 1909 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.091278.CP/viewer Scroll on the photo to enlarge

Photo: Illinois Central Concrete Coal Hopper Car 230000 A 1919 photo from the University of Pittsburgh Digital