Re: Bobber 2 Axle caboose late usage


Chuck Soule
 

I scrolled through the latest ~1000 photos in the archive to see if I had posted this before.  It is an enlargement of a postcard taken at Ellensburg, WA, postmarked Feb  11, 1910, so taken slightly earlier.  Photos of NP bobbers are extremely rare, and I am aware of only about 4 others.  Wish this one was clearer, but it is a 1200 dpi scan of a small area of the postcard, so it ain't gonna get any clearer.

The other think I find interesting about this photo is trying to figure out what is in the gondolas.  Especially the 4th one out!.  It must have a significantly low density.  Maybe cinders?  I don't think the 4th gon could be loaded like that with coal.  Ellensburg is well known for growing Timothy hay, but the loads don't look like hay, and certainly wouldn't stay in the cars the way they are loaded.

Chuck Soule

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