12-13-2011, 05:53 PM
As a German it was very obvious to have some kind of green everywhere. The soil, the rain and the seeds everywhere in the air let some kind of green grow everywhere.
I learned on my trip to LA and Vernon the opposite is true in Vernon. I inspected in detail (and took photos) around UP Downey yard, BNSF Malabar yard and LAJ A yard. All three yard are extreme clean. No piece of green anywhere. I learned that it is usual to massive spray the track area. Only low use and unused industry tracks had some green.
That is the long explanation why my current layout (designed to represent the current time) is so clean.
This is a low used industry track
![[Image: IMG_0937.jpg?t=1311822289]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/US%202011/Vernon%20et%20al/IMG_0937.jpg?t=1311822289)
But the yards are absolute clean
![[Image: IMG_0919.jpg?t=1311822221]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/US%202011/Vernon%20et%20al/IMG_0919.jpg?t=1311822221)
However, may I ask how the tracks looked at the warehouse district 1949? Did they spray chemicals like today or did they physically remove the green? The old photos from the patch look also quite clean.
I learned on my trip to LA and Vernon the opposite is true in Vernon. I inspected in detail (and took photos) around UP Downey yard, BNSF Malabar yard and LAJ A yard. All three yard are extreme clean. No piece of green anywhere. I learned that it is usual to massive spray the track area. Only low use and unused industry tracks had some green.
That is the long explanation why my current layout (designed to represent the current time) is so clean.
This is a low used industry track
But the yards are absolute clean
However, may I ask how the tracks looked at the warehouse district 1949? Did they spray chemicals like today or did they physically remove the green? The old photos from the patch look also quite clean.
Reinhard