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Layout Photo Gallery January 2011 Copyright 2011 by James E. Lancaster and Bruce Petty Photos may not be reused without permission. This
gallery of
photos shows some of the changes and additions on my model railroad
since the last photo update in July 2010.
Prado
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1. A small grain elevator was placed in what had been an open, but
paved, loading area
at Prado.
Corona
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2. This site was formerly Imperial Foods, that I have now moved to
Arlington. I plan to eventualy add a wood packing house here.
Arlington
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3. Imperial Foods was moved from Corona to Arlington.
Highgrove
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4. New, smaller storage tanks were added to the San Gorgonio Coop
Winery.
 Figure 5. A wooden reefer body was added as a storage structure for the California Citrus packing house. A 1952 Sanborn map for Highgrove shows three such reefer bodies behind a packing house.  Figure 6. A small office was added to the smudge oil distibutor.  Colton
 Figure 8. A model of Colton Tower has been added next to Colton crossing.
Barton Road is at the left. An SSW GP20 is on the far side of the
crossing.
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9. The siding in Colton was extended and the flour mill was moved to
the right, replacing some commercial buildings. A kit-bashed model of
Universal Milling has been added. The green embankment behind the
structures represents the fill for the San Bernardino Freeway.
The freeway still needs a guard rail.
Universal Milling was a landmark structure just west of the SP depot in Colton, CA. It appears in many railroad photos but always partially or completely blocked by a train. An example is shown below.  Figure
10. A wesbound freight leaves Colton and passes in front of Universal
Milling Company. (Bruce Petty photo)
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11. This photo by Bruce Petty is the only one I know of that
shows the ground level of Universal Milling. (Bruce Petty photo)
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12. This is my version of Universal Milling. I used a Kibri
European-style freight house for the base, pieces from a Walthers grain
elevator for the upper structures, a Rix dust collector, a Walthers
grain conveyor, and the storage shed from the Walthers grain elevator
(left). The large curved pipe coming into the dust collector
was modeled using part of a heavy plastic coat hanger - following a
suggestion by Bob Chaparro.
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13. In addition to the layout changes, I now have an 11-car UP City
train. The two E8s and the eleven cars are from Walthers. The consist includes
a Milwaukee Road coach and the three dome cars (coach, diner and
lounge) typical of the City of Los Angeles.
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