03-25-2011, 10:12 PM
Reinhard, remember also that brick doesn't have to be red. A lot of the older brick buildings in downtown Los Angeles, & Vernon were painted white or any number of colors as well. For an interesting industry, check out this one on the corner of Bandini Blvd and Soto St. It is the Farmer John packing house. Until the mid 1990's, hogs were shipped on the U.P. into Los Angeles from the midwest (Iowa, I think) on the U.P. "Hogex". One of those trains came by our shop in City of Industry while I was at the shop. I think it was powered by 3 or 4 Sd40-2 locomotives and had 3 or maybe 4 double deck stock cars loaded with pigs for slaughter, that was the entire train. There were as many engines on the point as there were cars in the train! Boy talk about a train "flying by" and the smell chasing behind it!!! I think part of the reason for it to move so fast was so the train crew could stay ahead of the smell! Anyway, I think the mural that is painted on the buildings and the fence around the Farmer John plant makes for one of the most interesting industry's in So Cal.
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I don"t know why it won't paste the street view that I was on when I told it to copy/paste, but if you go to the link and zoom in to the corner of Bandini Blvd and Soto St I think it is in (Vernon or it may be in East L.A.), and then go to street view and explore the industry on the Southeast corner, you will see a most amazing paint scheme for an industry! I have often thought of incorporating Farmer John on my layout, but I haven't figured out how to replicate the mural that is on all of the exterior walls!
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I don"t know why it won't paste the street view that I was on when I told it to copy/paste, but if you go to the link and zoom in to the corner of Bandini Blvd and Soto St I think it is in (Vernon or it may be in East L.A.), and then go to street view and explore the industry on the Southeast corner, you will see a most amazing paint scheme for an industry! I have often thought of incorporating Farmer John on my layout, but I haven't figured out how to replicate the mural that is on all of the exterior walls!