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Wes Carr’s Train Car Logos

© Wes Carr
© Wes Carr

I took it upon myself to do some layout for this posting of Wes Carr’s Traincar Sides.  Here’s an anecdote from Wes:

Here are a few freight car logos… it’s fascinating to think that some of the freight cars in the North American railroad network are more than 30 years old and have never been repainted.  It’s still possible to find logos from railroads that disappeared (through sale, merger, bankruptcy, etc) in the early 1970s.  I’ve been assembling a collection of these and sooner or later I will probably assemble a large collection of them in one image.

Texas & Southwest Train Website

© Wes Carr

Tracing the T&P through North Texas
Text and photos by Wes Carr (WhiskeyTexas)

Chamber Street Mannikins

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump

Thank you Lonely Pictures and Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches (Chris Adams) for reminding me of these images.

mannikin – Etymology: Dutch mannekijn little man, from Middle Dutch, diminutive of man; akin to Old English man
1 : MANNEQUIN

Boston Wig Mannikins

© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump

Off Boston Commons (Tremont & Temple). A very unfriendly Asian storekeeper will chase you away if you take pictures there.

MANNEQUIN HISTORY

Lonely Pictures – a gorgeous blog!


© Lonely Pictures, Chris Adams

Planters Peanuts – Wilkes-Barre, PA

© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump

Thanks for the write-up!

Interspecial Love Affair in Brooklyn (with Silicon Barrier Technique) – Smith Street

© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump

According to Rachel (a Big Love fan), Serge the Pug has been enthralled by Valentino (the Real Estate cat on the corner of Smith Street & Degraw) for over a year now – and from the looks of it – the feelings are mutual. This amorous interspecial ritual occurs on a daily basis. Rachel sometimes indulges them for fifteen minutes or more- and always through a glass barrier.

Yesterday's Pupu Platter is Today's Couscous – Clifton, NJ

© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump

Off Main.

Great Falls, NJ

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump

Off Rte 80 (West)

Corn, Corn & More Corn – Ethanol Alley, Ohio

© Bob Kisken
© Bob Kisken

Gorgeous shot Bob!

On Ethanol & Biodiesel