Yes that makes sense. As Steve is active with the Santa Fe historical society, it would make sense he is working on a ATSF conductor’s record, thus explaining the abbreviations for ATSF and SFRD Doug

The angled bracket to the left of the door is used to hold the “bull bar” when it is not in use. This was a wood board used across the door opening to prevent large animals from escaping while the doo

Ben the CMSTP is on the list with a boxcar. Why would the conductor use a difference reference mark for the same railroad? Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Do you know the era of the record? A good source of reporting mark information, including private marks, is http://www.nakina.net/other/report/report.html Here is what I am seeing/interpreting. Some o

George the reefers in the photos are Cudahy “Old Dutch Cleanser” reefers, which were meat reefers. They would be under direct control of the Cudahy company and not available for other kinds of loads.

See my post of early this afternoon. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

I’m starting a new thread for discussion of Cudahy. The map I posted this morning, came from a Cudahy Year book, published I think in 1932. It shows, at that time, the slaughter houses, branch houses,

Old Dutch Cleanser was a trademark of the Cudahy company (Cudahy Bros of Wisconsin was a different company). And their meat reefers carried the Old Dutch Cleanser logo. Attached is a photo of a Cudahy

Here is a scan of the entire Jim Sands photo, showing both the WAG and FDDMS boxcars being discussed. The original slide is part of my collection. Many of Jim Sands freight car photos were shot in Mar

Dave Lieder’s book is good, but focuses on the Midwest Pickle and Vinegar production. It does not contain much on production in California. A map in this 1910 publication https://archive.org/details/h

According the info below the photo, the car is a Plymouth. And it appears to have a 1935 license plate. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

The Pledge/Future floor finish product is 100% clear acrylic. No need to thin for airbrushing. It can also be brushed on, good for small areas. Clean up with water. It provides a gloss finish perfect

Sorry to hear this. I was privileged to be a guest in the Anspach homes in both Sacramento and Okoboji (his summer home in Iowa). And I had Denny as a guest in two different homes to see progress on m

Sinclair has two refineries in Wyoming, Sinclair (was Parco) and Casper. Headquarters is in Salt Lake City. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Here is what I have on the Ottumwa Boxcar Loader, built in Ottumwa, Iowa. Iowa at the turn of the 1900s had a thriving coal industry. W.E. Hunt, of The Ottumwa Iron Works, & Henry Phillips, of Phillip

Andy look under “other stuff” at the top of the page. There you will find a contact link. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Notice the “grain doors” on the middle boxcar. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

What caught my eye was the rounded corners on the reefer doors. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

It appears the roof walk is the same color as the roof, with some body color overspray on the overhanging end of the roof walk Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

My understanding is that National Car Company was Fruit Grower’s answer for meat reefers. Wikipedia states: In February, 1928 FGE formed the National Car Company as a subsidiary to service the meat tr