Just because.......Yes the gon has nothing to do with the Frisco but I thought I would share it..........
I know there isn’t very many of us early era modelers but I’m sure you have all our attention. If I had just one of each of those cars in your photos my roster would be complete.
All are great pics! Boxcar 34380: Looks like "3-10-1905" under the car capacities. Also note that on the right side, the car is equipped with a "Pocket Coupler". Hm. Perhaps that's what they were referred to before the term (slang?) "Knuckle Coupler" came in? Agree with RJ, that's a fantastic pic. Andre
Sherrell: I remember reading that the emblem that come to be known as a "swastika" was used by some Native Americans long before it was made infamous by the Third Reich. Andre
You are right Andre. It was a common good luck symbol in the Middle East also. Like 4 leaf clovers here.
It was used in India as a good luck symbol, especially around one of the Hindu festivals. The St. Louis, Rocky Mountain & Pacific Railway used it in its herald. It has a presence in the (replica) 1910 Official Guide (p 584). It went from an interchange with the Colorado and Southern at Des Moines, TX in the panhandle into northeast New Mexico where I believe it served some coal mines between Cimarron and the foothills of the mountains there. It also connected with the Santa Fe at Raton, NM.
Another variation of the swastika was a Germanic religious symbol, mimicking Thor's hammer being twirled. The 45th US infantry division patch was a swastika prior to WWII.
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Box Car Spotted at the Mills of Halstead KS (1881): Additional Details at: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/display.php?item_id=210742&f= Kansas Memory Web Site, Kansas Historical Society.
Frisco St. L & S.F. 125875, which according to the ORER is a 50 Ft. Furniture Car. (from Levi Benjamin Matthews, elsewhere on this site, posted in 2012).
This looks like an old wooden box car on the Salem Branch near Wesco (as posted by Pat Moreland) The ladies and girls are dressed like ~ 1910's. I agree with William, I really like the old items that show manual labor. Make for great interests. I'm glad that I was into chemicals in a pipes & pumps instead of being in the lumber business.