The recession has made Tacoma smell better, but things have been getting better and some days recently it's down right stinky in downtown and the tideflats.
Long time and long past residents of Tacoma know (so I'm told) that Tacoma used to be a lot worse. Yesterday was pretty bad and the crew of the UP switch job were in the thick of it. Good news for them and everyone else relying on work for the Simpson Paper and Pulp mill.
Here's a shot that helps illustrate, no it's not scratch and sniff.
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There is nothing quite as bad as a paper mill
PLUMB FUNKY!
PHEEEEEUUUUWWWWWWEEEE!
To paraphrase one our posters:
There is NOTHING like the smell of CHEMICALS in Da Mornin'!
Steve: That was fun! I went thru all the photos, read all the captions and didn't miss the smells one bit!
Good thing the caboose had a long porch on it; now if those wood chips had just been pine scented.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Ever notice that anything that makes money stinks? Meat Packing, Oil Refinery, Steel Mill, Chemical Plants, Banks.
Oil refineries and steel mills aren't that bad on the smell, the stuff that they throw into the air and leave on the ground is another story.
Ode de wet grain milling and packing plants are hard to beat. Too bad they cleaned up N. W. Indiana. The old Standard Oil refinery emitted a most colorful gas that was instant asthma. The fumes from an earlier EMD unit needing an overhaul were pure perfume
Mookie Steve: That was fun! I went thru all the photos, read all the captions and didn't miss the smells one bit! Good thing the caboose had a long porch on it; now if those wood chips had just been pine scented.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=235762
It's really nice to see one of the old MOP [ Missouri Pacific RR] Caboose's still alive and kicking, so far from its' previous life. That late style of caboose used to be referred to as a 'Shanty on a Shigle." Around the Memphis area--" along time ago in a galaxy far away" [from Tacoma.]
Agree with Mookie, Thanks, for sharing!
Thanks for the nice comments and I'm glad the "little click-along" was enjoyed.
That MOP caboose is still in the area. The welded strips of metal across the doors, but later removed them due to complaints from the crew. Now the crew rarely uses it, apparently preferring to ride the last car, so it stays on a little used spur in Tacoma.
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