The photos were dated by date the cars were built, and when the US Army stopped issuing that style of shoe. I never thought I would be consulting with a Army clothing expert to date RR photos. http://

I have seen pictures of SP freights in the mid-1970s with baggage cars. -Hudson

Scale track on the lower right. -Hudson

Hicks Car Works has some photos and other Van Dorn information in a couple of posts. https://hickscarworks.blogspot.com/ -Hudson

NP Ice Bunker Ladders 1925 -Hudson

The fate of B&M 65676 1925 -Hudson

In your mind delete the word "boxcar" from the previous post. -Hudson p.s. note to self engage mind before using fingers!

Northern Pacific Boxcar Water car 1925. -Hudson

What would a "grain tight sheathing angle" be? -Hudson

Northern Pacific Boxcar Upgrades 1925 -Hudson

Just mentioning a good place for small screws and hardware. -Hudson Hi Hudson - the link you sent went to the microfasteners webpage, but not to any specific product. Can you point us to the item you

https://www.microfasteners.com/

I haven't done a canned EBAY search in a while, but try "brass model railroad trains -Lionel -Athearn (-etc)". -Hudson

Another use is the use of sawdust as bedding for cows. -Hudson

This is a current industry but the idea may go back far enough. We have a local industry that is a dealer in commercial landscaping supplies. They get in carloads of wood mulch and trans-load it to tr

BRHS_467_1_1901 crop boxcars -Hudson

From the NPRHA Website: http://www.nprha.org/BRHS/BRHS_467_1_1911.jpg http://www.nprha.org/BRHS/BRHS_467_1_1912.jpg http://www.nprha.org/BRHS/BRHS_467_1_1913.jpg http://www.nprha.org/BRHS/BRHS_467_1_1

I think the truck door says "West New Brighton". Which Mr, Google says is Staten Island. -Hudson

I don't recognize anything that makes it Minneapolis / St. Paul. That diagonal conveyor has to be the key to the location. -Hudson

http://www.nprha.org/NP%20AFE%20Scans2/0800-05.pdf http://www.nprha.org/NP%20AFE%20Scans3/0811-09.pdf http://www.nprha.org/NP%20AFE%20Scans4/0843-14.pdf -Hudson