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Icing the reefers at Roseville
Workers load ice blocks into the end bunkers of refrigerator cars at the big ice dock at Roseville, Calif., on the Southern Pacific in 1948. Jim Morley photo
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The ultimate degree of nomenclature

On the Rutland, as on all railroads, old nicknames die hard

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Many places are named for things associated with or located near them. Well-known examples include Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Warm Springs, Ga.; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Wounded Knee, S.Dak. This practice is often taken even further on a more local level:
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