My experience with the Rocky Ford factory confirms what Richard & Doug have said. Beets in - granulated sugar out - no juice either came or went. In later years, they built a concrete silo & shipped g

IMHO facebook is still as evil as ever! Their sole purpose is harvesting your personal information to sell at a profit to whoever wants it with no known social responsibility. If you're OK with that,

Hey Doug, I'm very interested in that beet dump photo you posted, want to know more, and, of course, would like a better rendition. I'm from Rocky Ford & have family connections with the factory there

I was wondering about that unloading question, too. Could they have been rotary-dumped? Tom E.

Vera, It looks like Patrick Cudahy is the Cudahy of the Wisconsin meet packing company, so you've answered my question. Your photo clearly shows that they also had reefers. Thanks - Tom

So now I'm confused. There was Cudahy Packing Company of Omaha which also made & sold Old Dutch Cleanser. There was also Cudahy Brothers which was also a packing company in Cudahy Wis. south of Milwau

It looks like these 60' B&M flatcars date back to at least 1901 (but probably not 1897) according to the on-line ORER/OREG's, however they are mixed in with a number of shorter "special flat cars,' so

Those trucks look a lot like the ones from the Pressed Steel Car Co. back around 1900. In any case, they appear to have bolt-on journal boxes & are of a vaguely arch-bar design, which seems quite out

I looked up #8327 in various on-line OREG/ORER's and found: This series was not there in 1891 In series 8267-~8999 listed as "Palace" with no indication that they were double-deck in 1893-1894-1895 In

I don't think any of you have posted these interesting salt tank cars from 1926 http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16797coll21/id/94/rec/87 Tom E.

Oooh! - look at those Milwaukee Road (CMStP&P) double-deck stock cars with roof hatches no less. Explanation of the roof hatches? Anything put through them couldn't get down to the lower deck. Tom

I'm having trouble finding a pin vise that holds smaller (#80 and the higher 70's) drill bit securely. I've tried & thrown out a few, and always go back to my ancient General swivel-headed one (simila

And a properly attired engineer Bib overalls, long gauntlet gloves, Kromer Blizzard Cap, and a black bow tie! Tom

Ray, There are other photos. The LofC has a few: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=ensley&co=det http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=birmingham%20mine&co=det And I have some builders photos of a

If I recall correctly, there were special super-fast "silk trains" at one time. Now I'm curious to know more. Tom E.

Funny they tried to blank out the railroad names - not too successfully! Search this collection for lots more good stuff - try "railroad cars." Tom E.

I've had exactly your problem, Don. Throw it out & get a new bottle. Tom E.

I've been seeing that problem here for a while as well. I've also noticed that the "emailed photos" section of "photos" (where attached photos normally land) never has more than a few photos in it. It

The plans for this car are also in the 1895 & 1898 Car Builders Dictionary along with a photo of an apparently identical LS&MS car. These were reproduced in Newton Gregg's Train Shed Cyclopedia #55 (f

The drawing in ARRFC isn't quite as detailed, but at least it's all there. (The end & x-section drawings are the same, so I won't repeat them.) Tom