04-14-2011, 05:27 PM
Russ/ Mark,
Thank you for your interest and suggestions; they are all very much appreciated, however, I am pleased to report that the mystery is now solved:
Industry believed to have been a fertiliser plant (Bandini Fertilzer) located off Boyers Avenue, LA.
Grid reference: 34° 0.055'N, 118° 10.723'W refers.
Long since gone......location is now a car park.
Bizarrely enough, premises to right of original photo are still rail served by BNSF although the original buildings have been replaced by contemporary offerings.
Still able to gain an aerial view of original site from Google Earth (Historical Images - clock icon) - (originals date from 1994) but black and white, and back then no street view facility :cry:
Would appear that demolition occurred around 2002.
Thank you once again, gentlemen.
Jonte.
PS three home made turnouts finished - next will get to grips with amending a couple of those original baseboards to create some sort of micro layout based on these images.
Thank you for your interest and suggestions; they are all very much appreciated, however, I am pleased to report that the mystery is now solved:
Industry believed to have been a fertiliser plant (Bandini Fertilzer) located off Boyers Avenue, LA.
Grid reference: 34° 0.055'N, 118° 10.723'W refers.
Long since gone......location is now a car park.
Bizarrely enough, premises to right of original photo are still rail served by BNSF although the original buildings have been replaced by contemporary offerings.
Still able to gain an aerial view of original site from Google Earth (Historical Images - clock icon) - (originals date from 1994) but black and white, and back then no street view facility :cry:
Would appear that demolition occurred around 2002.
Thank you once again, gentlemen.
Jonte.
PS three home made turnouts finished - next will get to grips with amending a couple of those original baseboards to create some sort of micro layout based on these images.