Originally Posted by rex desilets:
The first yard photo is a Jack Delano shot from the mid-Forties. If you search shorpy.com and the railroads sub-folder you will find a number of Delano's yard shots in color, showing amazingly weathered freight rolling stock; if you model the steam era it would appear that you cannot over-weather!
Many more of Jack Delano's photos can be seen at the Library of Congress website.
Pete