There’s at least two CP gobs, so not just a one-off. Sent from my tricorder

But there’s the woman on the right, next to a Packard (maybe). There’s a story right there. Sent from my tricorder

Correction: Battle Mountain was on the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific in those years. UP was hundreds of miles away. Sent from my tricorder

Very unusual doors, with the added section to the right. Don’t recall seeing that elsewhere. Sent from my tricorder

I’m going to say these are poles, not logs. Logs get sawn into lumber, but poles are poles, probably for further treatment. Sent from my tricorder

It seems odd to see that UP express box in that string of cars. Weren’t they reserved for express service? David Soderblom Baltimore MD USA david.soderblom@...

A very tough load to model. You want the brand new look of the boats, but with the tarps just son. Sent from my tricorder

A very modelable load. Note especially the manufacturer markings. Sent from my tricorder

Dennis: Your comment on self-guarding frogs got my attention. Did they require slower speeds than “conventional “? I had thought they were just a simple substitute that needed fewer components. Sent f

Current methods are different from the 1950s. Different chemicals and supporting technology. Sent from my tricorder

Dennis: How do you cut the piano wire without ruining perfectly good pliers. And do you angle the end to make a “bit” out of it? Sent from my tricorder

Clearly an oil car, presumably with Bunker-C for the engine moving it. But look up the hill at that curious building with windows at one end but only a few high windows along the longer side. Guesses?

I’m guessing the containers were “experimental” because they were transitioning from wood crates. David Soderblom Baltimore MD USA drs@...

Every time I see an image like this I can’t help noting all the exquisite details: The EXCESS HEIGHT placard, but it’’s too wide for the wood it’s stapled to, so it’s folded: both of them! Was that fr

Just to fill in… When traditional cucumber pickles are made, you dump them into a vat in brine. The brine suppresses bad bacteria and having them in a liquid suppressed aerobes, and then there’s a mal

About Heinz in California: I pointed out cukes and Michigan just because it was so notable on the map. Equally notable is the lack of receiving stations of any kind in the Bay Area and region. Heinz c

I note with interest the three factories in northern California, Salinas, ~Oakland, and Tracy/Los Banos. Yet Calif. is not a producer of the materials (take a look at all those cukes from Michigan!),

This may be a ballast cleaning operation, from the daisy-chained conveyors. David Soderblom Baltimore MD USA drs@...

That is an *exquisite* model and finishing job. Extraordinary. David Soderblom Baltimore MD USA drs@...

About matches: When Giant Sequoias were being logged ca. 1900 their enormous trunks were used for matches. David Soderblom Baltimore MD USA drs@...