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    Happy Mother's Day to all Mother's ... both here and not.

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    The Cobra and Cobra coupe are works of art, the hardtop no way!
     
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    Great pic Maggie!! These are the diesel shops in Barstow, CA, my hometown, in the early 50's. They were (supposedly) the largest in the world at that time. A lot of the guys I went through school with worked here, and in the yard for Santa Fe. A kid could come out of HS and get a good, secure, high-paying job with good benefits in those days. I've been inside a few times, it's amazing to see all the work they can do in there! Most of my family worked for the RR. That could be one of my uncles in this pic. He started as an oiler, and worked his way up in a 50-year career to #1 engineer on the board. He ran the mailtrain between Barstow, and Saligman, AZ, regularly topping 100mph out on the flats.

    My parents owned some apartments about 2 blocks from here and they rented out basement sleeping rooms to about 12 RR guys so they could grab a nap between runs.

    Here is another shot of the shops from just about the same vantage point, and one of the inside of the shops.

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    Old pictures from Pasadena, CA:
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    Caltech, 1930s

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    Colorado Blvd. & Fair Oaks, early Market Basket on the corner...I worked at one in Temple City, chain is now gone. This may be around 1940 or 1941.

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    Another Market Basket, '62?

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    Pasadena Freeway tunnels...drove through these almost daily, when I was driving for Blair's...

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    Lincoln Blvd looking towards the San Gabriel mountains.
     
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    What has been seen can't be unseen. Bob
     
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  17. I live here. Woods Ace Hardware is still going strong. Parking is diagonal now and traffic is oneway north.
     
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    Liked the oldmobile rocket video so much i telephoned my local garage but they dont sell oldsmobiles
     
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