On 05-27-2020 - 22:27, Lost in Napa Wrote: [www.altamontpress.com]
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Verano ?

> First image is at "Verano". I don't know where this is. Anyone?
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>[link to "Verano photo]
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> Did a Google search on "Verano". Found El Verano and a big depot. Well that aint the same...
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> [link to "El Verano" photo]

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Henry Bender's book, Southern Pacific Lines: Standard Design Depots (page 113), provided the clue to the answer -- "Verano" was a place on the NWP, "El Verano" was a place nearby on the SP.

Let the digging begin!

This page provides a map showing the relationship of the two places: [localwiki.org]. Found via: [www.google.com]

This page provides another clue about "Verano": [books.google.com]. Found via: [www.google.com]

This page provides more info about the "Verano" depot and Paul's Resort, including an excellent map: [springsmuseum.org]. Found via: [www.google.com]

If you're really into arcane nostalgia, you can do some digging into the Railroad Gazetteer, Volume 50, Issue 2 here: [books.google.com]

And while we're in El Verano, let us not forget Juanita Musson: [www.google.com]