It just hit me. Circumstantial evidence suggeststhat Southern Car & Foundry (1988-1904) was controlled by the same interestsas Pressed Steel Car. Has anyone else come to this conclusion? Their

Mike and Schuyler - Thank you for sharing the information on the current process and future plans for the Steamtown images. It all makes good sense to me and I really appreciate, as I'm sure we all

FGE Bill wrote: "While they were effective at maintaining low temperatures,the power plants were fueled by gasoline meaning that they could only run on theFGE/WFE/BRE System including their

---In STMFC@..., <guycwilber@...> wrote : "There is absolutely no way that the crew is just finishing applyingthe grain doors. Those grain doors which are on the ground are beatto hell and still

FWIW, it looks like a team track to me so any load in any type of freight car could appear. The roadway seems wider providing a lane for trucks or wagons next to the railroad track. The first image in

Dennis wrote: "For that matter, for all we know, the car is spotted at theshipper. The crew is just finishing applying the grain doors... without seeingthe other side of the car, it's hard to

Nobody is documenting the damaged car. If they were, it would be central to the image. The car has been coopered, and is perfectly fit for service... the shipper loaded it, right? 99 times out of 100,

Yes, you hit the scene pretty much on the head. This is West 1st Street in Oswego and the date range in this series of negs is 1918. That SL&N sign appears in photos taken a few years before as well.

Scott, Take a look at Google street view. The building is still there! Eureka! Mike Aufderheide

<<As to why it’s there on anteam track? Because a lot of freight was delivered to team tracks andcarted, wagonned, drayed, or otherwise carried away to a location not directlyserved by rails.

For what it's worth, a sign near the intersection in pic # C4649 says SL&N R R / LIMITED CARS / STOP HERE. Google didn't give me any info on a railroad or interurban named SL&N. The cross street

Dennis the only railroad I found was the Shepaug, Litchfield & Northern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepaug,_Litchfield_and_Northern_Railroad Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Thanks that was very informative. Al

Thanks Doug. I belatedly see that in the second photo the other side of the same sign is visible at the left edge of the image, easily readable. One would think in DL&W territory, with the letters S

Dennis, appears to read SL&NRR Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

You guys are too fixated on the freight cars :-) It's obvious from the composition of the photos that they are NOT the main subject, the streetscape is. IF they were taken in response to an accident,

Al The model is a resin kit made by Rocket Express. Only changes from the model is I used Westerfield RI decals for the reporting marks. Go to www.rocketexpress.biz to purchase one. They make both

I agree with and can confirm everything that Mike’s written below. And I agree that the erielack list is a sensible place to circulate these images on a regular basis, for as he said, there is a

In response to Eric’s request this AM, I emailed Richard McKnight to ask him how I could inform the STMFC community on how to link to these images. His reply is below. In the meantime I see that

Charlie, there’s not really any mystery to this. The DL&W retained a professional photographer to take photos all the time. The SP car has a broken-through end. This is probably documentation of