A favorite scene on my layout. The different Mail Pouch barns were usually seen in the Ohio Valley, but there was one on Southern Pacific’s Coast Line. It was near San Luis Obispo. A second California Mail Pouch barn near Merced in the San Joaquin Valley was restored in 2014. This dairy barn alongside busy Highway 99 was originally painted in 1940 and was seen by both motorists and train passengers. After restoration, a solar company provided panels so that it can be enjoyed by roughly one and a half million passersby each month night and day.
