http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/ So. California Citrus Industry Modeling Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:53:04 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3799 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3799 Below is a link to a "Grower's Statement" for a Carl Schaefer covering the 1936-1937 season. This is a summary of fruit delivered and its disposition at a San Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:32:58 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3798 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3798 There is no selling allowed by members on this site as selling tends to dominate posts, gets difficult to control and can become a source of disputes. With Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:49:07 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3797 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3797 Below are two paint formulas for Santa Fe reefers. This information came from the document, "Rules Governing the Painting of Structures, Passenger and Freight Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:48:13 GMT Matthew http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3796 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3796 Bob, Thanks! I guess the old grove owner was correct after all, and it was us "later people" as he called us who got the spelling of Cucamonga all wrong. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:46:46 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3795 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3795 This is edited material from the City of Rancho Cucamonga website: By about 1200 A.D., the Kucamongan Native Americans established a village-like clustering Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:30:01 GMT Matthew http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3794 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3794 James, Most of the supply houses for the Citrus Industry (and many served all the agricultural industries) supplied pre-made wooden crates made of very thin Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:15:20 GMT Matthew http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3793 Bob, Interesting comment on the O.K. standing for Ontario-Cucamonga. I had never heard that, but then there was a lot I missed when I was young. In that same Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:32:24 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3792 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3792 The former O.K Fruit Exchange building is an Art Moderne style building located at 217 A Street in downtown Upland. It was built in 1937 by the Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:29:33 GMT Bob C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3791 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3791 The Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society will hold a mini-meet on February 5-6, 2010, in California at the San Bernardino Amtrak/Santa Fe Depot, from Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:19:00 GMT r1ogrande http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3790 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3790 ... Bob That's because someone has deliberately scanned it in 512 greyscale and not colour- either to preserve the originals sanctity, equipment available or Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:18:49 GMT Cynthia VanWormer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3789 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3789 James The answer is "shook." Shook is the wood that was used to produce the boxes or "orange crates." If you are interested in more, check out John Signor's Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:18:22 GMT g.riccio@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3788 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/message/3788 http://www.packerssupply.com/catalog.htm ... Howdy, On my free-lance layout I built a "Trade Center" and I bought some decals for it. One decal is for 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