the Union Pacific did not want information about the water tower being taken down getting out into the public until after it was torn down, their leadership deemed it too much of a liability to remain standing (thank you George!)

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/12/19/locals-shellshocked-after-historic-wyoming-union-pacific-water-tower-torn-down/

the 50-foot-tall Union Pacific water tower that had been there since the 1940s. 

The tank itself was 30 feet tall and 40 feet wide, and could hold about 300,000 gallons of water. Tanks of this size were commonplace along Union Pacific rail lines during the heyday of steam locomotives

The water tower stood along the Harriman railroad line 8 miles south of Interstate 80.

that tower was one of maybe two of its kind left in the nation.” 

 Now it’s gone.

the 1991 Ford F-150 PPG IndyCar Pace Truck

https://fordauthority.com/2021/11/1991-ford-f-150-ppg-indy-car-pace-truck-up-for-auction/

https://fordauthority.com/2024/12/1991-ford-f-150-ppg-pace-truck-once-again-heading-to-auction/

images like this get the instant "oh shit!" reaction! A cargo train derailed in northwest Regina

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/train-derails-in-northwest-regina-1.7415130#
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/weeks-best-photos-cbc-saskatchewan-120000939.html

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/train-derailment-in-west-regina-leads-to-road-closures-1.7152263

https://globalnews.ca/news/10926191/regina-police-train-derailment-north-side/

Touring, a Parker Brothers card game from 1925, that every couple decades got new artwork on the cards and box

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touring_(card_game)

The 6,981st B 17 was the last B17 that was built at Boeing Seattle, each of the colored items on the plane, are construction paper cut into the shape of a bomb, showing every target that B 17s had bombed in WW2

 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=527365027117631&set=a.126528027201335

You can see video of the roll out of this last B 17 at https://secure.boeingimages.com/archive/Rollout-of-Final-Boeing-Seattle-Built-B-17-Flying-Fortress-2JRSXLJWH62O.html on April 9th 1945