Up until the 60s eggs were coated in "water glass". I'm not sure how often and how much this was done but I do know it was done. It's possible this is what the term meant. --

Dear Bruce, Again, thank you. I can narrow my search. I have always appreciated your willingness to share your knowledge with like-minded folks. I have learned a lot through this site. Sincerely, Ken

While google will tell you that dressed eggs means deviled eggs, I suspect the term “dressed eggs” back in the steam era may refer to eggs that had been cleaned and candled (another term long gone

Railworks sold the trucks separately as well. They aren’t in business and their successor Crown Custom has sold out most inventory, but it might be useful to look either with Crown Custom or in the

Bob; I haven't found the full correspondence yet (still looking), but they were early WW2 (1939+) conversions of existing (as one example 1934-built) X31 DD cars, for Jeep transport. After the war

Bill and Friends, Enough cracking egg jokes. PFE rebuilt 50 R-30 cars to class R-40-6 circa 1935-36 for egg service. These were numbered PFE 80101-80150. They are

Hi Schuyler, Perhaps -- just perhaps -- the job of being an "egg dresser" has gone the way of a "buggy whip maker"? Refrigeration has changed a good deal of peoples' lives. I need to do some

I have a small groupof HO freight cars that are excess to my needs for sale. I will send you alist if you contact me, off list, at shile (at) mindspring (dot) com. Actual shipping cost from

Oh, now there’s a job title “Egg dresser” What do you do for a living?” “Oh, I dress eggs.” “Say what?” “I take eggs and rub them with butter. It’s called ‘dressing

Dear Colleagues, I am in the same situation as Jack, so I also greatly appreciate all that the members of this group contribute. A follow-up question: Is anyone aware of any manufacturer making an HO

Glad to hear that. I'm out of my depth with PRR trucks when it gets beyond 2D-F8 or Crown, so I have to dig into the diagrams on Rob's site. As a modeler for whom Pennsy cars are foreign road

Ford had a parts(?) place off the south side of tracks just east of Hobart Yard. We delivered a few boxcars in 2000. Andy Jackson Santa Fe Springs CA Virus-free. www.avast.com

Jack, Thanks! I learned something today. A PRR "truck expert" had told me the information I relayed, and, not that I doubted you, but when I checked an alternate source, it agrees with you

Photo taken in Monroeton, Bradford County, PA,in 1917. This is from Joyce M. Tice's Tri-Counties Genealogy & Historywebsite. https://www.joycetice.com/trains/monro02.jpg There are

the ford engines look like for the t- bird 390 in engine that would help date the photo tom cataldo -- Thomas j Cataldo

Studebaker and Willys-Overland was also on the L.A.J. Ry. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Yes Willies/Geep also had an assembly plant on the L.A.J. Ry. They also had a Chrysler assembly plant on Eastern Ave. but it closed in 1971. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Placards from the MissouriPacific Railroad. These don't say "Dressed Eggs".

Before the Ford plant in Pico Rivera, there was a Ford assembly plant in Commerce the L.A.J. Ry. It closed when they built the Pico Rivera plant, but I don't know when it opened. Charlie Slater Sent

Is this the same data that was presented in post no. 135980? Sounds very similar. Either way, great work with amazing attention to detail. Ken Schanz