Re: Seatrain Ships
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Charlie Vlk
All- Popular Science and Popular Mechanics are a source of many good railroad (freight car) images and articles. Fascinating look into the past when people were interested in how things worked and doing things with their hands. Quite a contrast to today’s “Popular Science” which is more of a catalog for Sharper Image with opinion pieces on technical and scientific issues. Charlie Vlk
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bob Chaparro via Groups.Io
Seatrain Ships At the risk of going overboard on this topic, here are some links with more information, photos and diagrams on the Seatrain car ferries. The film is especially interesting. Bob Chaparro Port of Hemet, CA ++++ Popular Science Article, 1929 https://books.google.com/books?id=bCoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=true Popular Mechanics Articel, 1947 https://books.google.com/books?id=0N4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA122#v=onepage&q&f=true Film: Seatrain New Orleans Film made in 1929. A lot of footage showing cars being moved inside the ship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBE9mzU_9OQ Loading Illustration https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Seatrain_Method.jpg Seatrain ferry loading 1956 http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3153401 The specialist crane hoist the cradle loaded with an ATSF boxcar from the Seatrain Louisiana Seatrain Loader, Belle Chasse, LA http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1846297 http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4624402 |
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