=ob Have you looked at Tru Color Paints PFE orange? They offer a few different shades of that orange. Andy Jackson

We’re the empty flat cars used for more braking? Andy Andy Jackson Santa Fe Springs CA

Back in late 1960s worked in a super market as a “box boy”. We were putting groceries in paper bags then (way before plastic) but not boxes. Andy Andy Jackson Santa Fe Springs CA

Has the spelling of the word “axle” been changed to “axel” in US dictionarys? Andy Andy Jackson Santa Fe Springs CA

Who says this one image shows Thee correct CGW paint scheme? Pretty surr Kadee does a lot of good research on freight car paint colors before making their cars. Andy Jackson

That coupler spring "really stands out" because it has no paint on it. My couplers get a coat of rust paint which includes the spring. It also helps keep the spfing there instead of popping off into l

They both appear to be on the grouns, i.e. not on trucks. So just being used for storage. Is those grain elevators behind it in photo on right side? Andy Jackson

There used to be a Studebaker plant on the Los Angeles Junction Ry in Vernon CA, not LA proper. Here's an image of autos (Studebakers ?) in a Santa Fe gondola Looks like they are loaded without front

How about any other kind of produce? Andy Jackson Santa Fe Springs CA

Are these Studebakers in this Santa Fe drop bottom gondola?

Here's what looks to me to be Studebakers "stuffed" into a Santa Fe drop bottom gondola. Think these autos only included everything from firewall back, i.e. no motor, body & chassis in front of it. St

Is that a foot step under where the ladder is curled under. Andy Jackson Santa Fe Springs CA

Western Pacific had 29' gondolas made specifically to haul coil steel. The coils were loaded over the trucks only. They were loaded on their sides in cradles. Andy Jackson Santa Fe Springs CA

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 i

Andy Jackson Santa Fe Springs CA

Have an aerial view of the ramp at Santa Fe's Vernon (CA) Team. The ramp is in the lower left with heavy equipment on two flat cars above it. Andy Jackson Santa Fe Springs CA

Thanks Garth. Probably needed to see a more overhead shot to be able to see the cradle shape. Could coils be loaded the full length of the cradle? Andy Jackson Santa Fe Springs CA

What's to keep steel coils on that car. Andy Jackson Santa Fe Springs CA

Los Angeles Junction Ry served two bottle makers. They each got 9 hoppers of silica sand & one of limestone per day that came from Santa Fe Ry (parent company). The sand came from near Oceanside & the

The "cans" look like ones used to move "dirty dirt". BNSF used similar cars when the dirt under the old hydraulic retarders was hauled away to be burned to get rid of the fluid & returned clean.