More from the Odd Fellows Home for Children

This bell tower has been erected in memory and in honor of those who once lived or worked here. The low brick wall around the tower has placques honoring some of them. It is on the grounds of the buildings I posted a few days ago.

Odd Shots Monday

Anybody guess what it is? On the eastern edge of Corsicana, in the industrial district, I've noticed acres of these iron wheels/axles and long thought it might make a good odd shot. I kept looking for a time when I was passing through with good weather and no trucks rushing in and out. I gave up on that! So Friday, I grabbed just a couple of quick shots and still got in the way of an 18-wheeler! There are more photos below that show you the full perspective.
See other odd shots at Katney's Kaboodle and read more if you'd like about the railroad wheel repair business below. Apparently, this facility does repair work primarily for Union Pacific.

The following is an excerpt from a 8-K SEC Filing, filed by GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC on 10/16/2006.With over 25 years of experience in the rail industry, Meridian Rail Services

supplies both new and reconditioned wheel sets to railroads, maintenance centers

and repair shops across the U.S. and Mexico. Headquartered in Birmingham,

Alabama, Meridian operates six full service freight car wheel facilities in

Chicago Heights, IL; Corsicana, TX; Kansas City, KS; Lewistown, PA; San

Bernardino, CA; and Mexico City, Mexico. Meridian also operates a coupler

reconditioning facility in Chicago, IL and a car repair facility in Mexico City,

Mexico. Greenbrier operates four full service freight car wheel facilities in

Tacoma, WA; Pine Bluff, AR; Portland, OR; and Sahagun, Mexico.

The Greenbrier Companies (www.gbrx.com), headquartered in Lake Oswego, OR, is

a leading supplier of transportation equipment and services to the railroad

industry. The Company builds new railroad freight cars in its manufacturing

facilities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico and marine barges at its U.S.

facility. It also repairs and refurbishes freight cars and provides wheels and

railcar parts at 30 locations (post Meridian acquisition) across North America.

Greenbrier builds new railroad freight cars and refurbishes freight cars for the

European market through both its operations in Poland and various subcontractor

facilities throughout Europe. Greenbrier owns approximately 9,000 railcars, and

performs management services for approximately 136,000 railcars.

Corsicana--Then and Now: Odd Fellows Bldg Downtown

This building was once the Odd Fellows' Building. It now houses a lawn mower shop on the ground floor. The photo below was taken from the side street shown in the old photo. The top of this building can also be seen in the title photos above.