Looks like the drawing dates to the 1890s. Railroads hauled a lot of livestock in those days and eventually those stock cars would end up with a lot of you know what on the floors. Maybe this was

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Perhaps for animals killed by its trains. Jack Wyatt

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Diversification into the funeral industry? DQ -- Owner, Cumberland Model Engineeringwww.CumberlandModelEngineering.com (865) 333-5712Pastor, St. Paul Presbyterian

Livestock deaths?

Two questions for the attached drawing… A.) why would the Southern have such a facility? B.) how many were there and where were they? Ike

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Well done, Fenton! -- Paul Schmidt Sequim WA

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Shouldn't this topic be on "ModelingTheSouthern.io"? Ike

Beautiful work Fenton. Absolutely gorgeous Donnie

re, the lettering difference: The 1941 Tennessean and Southerner equipment came from Pullman. Maybe Budd submitted a different font due to competition with Pullman? I've read somewhere that there was

Gino: Thanks for the info! As a dedicated “Mac” user, I typically am not aware of issues like this…the Mac simply “handles” this stuff. Ike

Hi, It is the type of attachment who is the problem. On the average PC TIFF images can be viewed. On a lot of mobile device the included imageviewer can not parse TIFF files. Even the

Hello Ike - the drawing/picture didn't come through in your original email. Thanks Regards from Berryville VA Andy Ramsay

Evan: I assume you could see the drawing so I won’t re-send…. In the late 1940s and 50s, all of the passenger car builders were very active in marketing their designs to the Southern. Sometimes we

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Thanks Gipson much appreciated Fenton

Fenton, Well done! Barry