Lake These three business' are about an hour plus from me in the Sacramento Valley. I have know idea what the first two do, but there are lots of box cars used. The last one, I believe is some kind of a foods distributure.
These three business' are about an hour plus from me in the Sacramento Valley. I have know idea what the first two do, but there are lots of box cars used. The last one, I believe is some kind of a foods distributure.
The first photograph looks like Morning Star's tomato processing plant. The second is Olam's tomato processing plant. The third appears to be a rice mill (http://www.californiafamilyfoods.com/).
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ericsp. Thanks for the info! Cool to know the names and products. I see you live down in the San Joaquin Valley, How did you know the names of the business' up thi way?
HO-VeloHO-Velo wrote the following post 2 days ago: Lake Sacramento Valley. I have know idea what the first two do, but there are lots of box cars used Lake, Might those facilities be along the east side of I-5 near Williams? A lot of rice is grown in that area, maybe rice processing plants? Regards, Peter
Yes, and rice is one of the crops I thought off. Though there seems to be a lot of other types of crops in the fields along the highway and some are tomatoes as Eric states. But no rice along that stretch south of Williams that I have ever seen.
Maybe farther north, though we turn onto Hwy 20 at Williams.
Any way, lots of boxcars, covered hoppers and tank cars are also sitting on spures and sidings from Williams south to Woodland Ca.
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I recognized the second photograph as being a tomato processing plant. From there, I got names from http://www.ctga.org/industry. I used Google maps to determine which plant was which. The third photograph has the company name in it.
At one time the old car shop in my home town was turning out insulated tank cars. Materials came in by box car and tank cars left. Just a suggestion to jog some creative juices. A place to use those shiny new tank cars, no weathering needed.
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Wayne! I haven't been active on this site for like a year, I totally forgot you did Gern! I had a bunch of stuff about it save on digital medium, but last year for christmas I got a laptop and I didn't save a lot of stuff or transfer it over. I am interested in MR's new N scale annual layout, which includes a grain elevator, I may want to talk to you.
Back to the subject, alot of processed grain and animal feed get shipped overseas, first getting bagged at processing plants and then shipped to sea ports. Some in containers (as in COFC) and some in box cars, which then get re-packed in containers. I have also seen video of box cars being loaded up, front-to-back, top-to-bottom, side-to-side, with large 100 pound bags of grain (I think this was about wheat) to be shipped to places in Africa for human aid trying to give starvation reliefe.
don7 Hi, do not mean to criticise, but, I could not see an electronics manufacturing firm in the 1990's using railcars. Using motor vehicles, yes, semi-trucks and box trucks. Shipments of parts would not warrent box cars, too damn big, also too slow. I would change the product. Then again, it is your railroad.
Hi, do not mean to criticise, but, I could not see an electronics manufacturing firm in the 1990's using railcars.
Using motor vehicles, yes, semi-trucks and box trucks. Shipments of parts would not warrent box cars, too damn big, also too slow.
I would change the product.
Then again, it is your railroad.
Thought that part through actually. The idea is that the final product would be shipped out in Boxcars where they would then be sent out to a major eastern Port such as New York or Newark for shipping overseas.