http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/ So. California Citrus Industry Modeling Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:36:56 GMT CokH http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3787 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3787 Howdy, On my free-lance layout I built a "Trade Center" and I bought some decals for it. One decal is for "Northwestern Fruit and Produce Co", the other for Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:34:45 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3786 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3786 I came across a good citrus industry book by a local author, John Anthony Adams. The book is "Then And Now: The Vanishing Orange In Southern California". Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:32:20 GMT J.C.L. Hoefnagel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3785 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3785 Looks great, but it is HO and I'm in N.......... James C.L. Hoefnagel -- Herdecke -- Germany www.hoefnagel.de From: d5r29r Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:32:20 GMT d5r29r http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3784 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3784 Alpine Division Scale Models, L.L.C. has a new packing house Kit #8399, check out their web site at www.alpinemodels.com (and Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:02:36 GMT xocboy2001 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3783 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3783 Would anyone who's done research into this happen to know the packing house name in Orange which used the "Orchid' label about 1905? I've been looking at an Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:42:14 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3782 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3782 Here is the link to the other Charles Chapman speeches from the Leatherby Libraries Digital Collections at Chapman University in Orange, CA: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:26:31 GMT amyandpeteb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3781 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3781 I just added to my photo collection, posting about 10 photos of Corona, CA on my N scale layout. The buildings that you will see: -Corona Citrus Association Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:20:06 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3780 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3780 Here is a notice of an upcoming historical presentation from the Rialto Historical Society. Bob Chaparro Moderator =================== For those who might have Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:30:12 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3779 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3779 The strange-looking machine seen on the link below is a Cobb temperature regulator. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assetserver/controller/view/CHS-40047 There Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:44:06 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3778 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3778 Most of you know that citrus growers and grower associations greatly valued their individual brand names for oranges, lemons and other citrus. These brand Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:39:01 GMT n6nvr@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3777 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3777 d Concur it needs to be west of Harbor since the UP tracks curved up to adjacent to the Santa Fe tracks just about directly across from the Santa Fe station. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:52:10 GMT Bob Chaparro http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3776 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3776 Bill -   I didn't think there were tracks in that area either.  But That's the area referred to in the article.  I think you are correct and the article had Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:53:17 GMT William Messecar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3775 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3775 Bob-I checked the Fullerton Sanborne maps for 1929 and 1949 for the area between Walnut and Truslow east of Harbor. Did you mean west of Harbor-because here Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:35:40 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3774 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3774 Here is a link to a thirty-three page document titled "Touring The Easter Loop Of The Kite Shaped Track": Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:22:38 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3773 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3773 From the Santa Fe Magazine, Volume 17, is this brief note about developments in Fullerton (CA) in 1922: "A new spur track soon is to be installed. It will be