The sugar beet plants in the Midwest, ie Iowa and Minnesota, were all in one processors. Sugar beets came in, in any available car, and bags of refined sugar was shipped out in boxcars. Liquid sugar a

When it comes to stockcars I think the key date is 1906, when the 28 hr law was updated and implemented with enforcement teeth. Prior to that many stockcars were built with various apparatuses in atte

Tom here is where the photo comes from. https://www.chieftain.com/article/20090329/NEWS/303299970 The information may or may not be correct. I agree the dump is not like any I’ve seen. Reminds me of a

Here is a poor quality photo of an ATSF stockcar being loaded with sugar beets, at Rocky Ford Colorado. ACS is American Crystal Sugar. Everything I have sugar beets in California shows SP cars or cars

Wasn’t the coke quenched in water before loading into cars? Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Elden, my understanding is the racks were for transporting flats of tomatoes. No livestock involved. Certainly not poultry. Attached is an interior photo of the racks. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.o

There is a BCR&N boxcar under that bridge, with the outline of the RI shield, which reads Rock Island System. The Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern ceased to exist in June of 1903, when it was purcha

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