12-31-2013, 10:16 AM
That's a very interesting photo you linked to, Reinhard. Thanks for posting that.
The photo shows that the coffee facility has grown over time. On the left, the big white tower that is now a signature part of the structure is missing. The tanks on the center tower are painted primer red instead of white as they are now. There is an addition on the far right that isn't in the photo. And there is now alot of metal siding on the lower portions of the towers that aren't in your photo. Cool to see what the plant used to look like. One of my operators from Saturday told me that the original brick structures of the coffee plant began life as a Ford Motor Company assembly plant.
That loco facility now belongs to UP, although they service BNSF stuff and a bunch of other roads as well. To the very left in your photo, is that a high nose Santa Fe GP7?
I think my background in the construction industry is what induces me to go "overkill" with the wood cores in the structures. In my head, everything has to be "as solid as a rock".
The photo shows that the coffee facility has grown over time. On the left, the big white tower that is now a signature part of the structure is missing. The tanks on the center tower are painted primer red instead of white as they are now. There is an addition on the far right that isn't in the photo. And there is now alot of metal siding on the lower portions of the towers that aren't in your photo. Cool to see what the plant used to look like. One of my operators from Saturday told me that the original brick structures of the coffee plant began life as a Ford Motor Company assembly plant.
That loco facility now belongs to UP, although they service BNSF stuff and a bunch of other roads as well. To the very left in your photo, is that a high nose Santa Fe GP7?
I think my background in the construction industry is what induces me to go "overkill" with the wood cores in the structures. In my head, everything has to be "as solid as a rock".