@Patrick B posted:
When I was a kid, my favorite train car was my Dad's old HO scale Tyco "Ralston-Purina" billboard boxcar, after I upgraded to O scale I had to have a copy of it and thankfully found Lionel's MPC era recreation of this beautiful car. I think MTH has a copy of this car too but I'm perfectly fine with this one.
I like these! I need to get some for my future feed mill.
I had some family who were in the feed business and were one of the first Purina dealers in the western U.S. About 20 years ago, my grandfather's cousin showed me a letter he wrote to Purina in the 1930's when he was in college. He had researched the company and wrote a paper about Purina feeds and the advanced work they were doing in creating feed to help animals live longer and grow stronger, produce greater yields, etc... So he wrote a letter to Purina, including his college paper and told them his family was in the feed business and that he would be interested in becoming a dealer if they ever expanded out west. He also showed me the letter he received back which stated that 'Purina would never expand that far from St. Louis but thanks for your interest, kid'.
