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Re: Discarded sign...

Look Ma, no guardrails. Obviously low speed secondary track as every turnout in the image has a self guarding frog. Dennis Storzek

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #180964 ·

Re: Possibly hacked website?

Yes, the site address changed sometime before 2010. A Google search would have led you to the correct site, too. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #180963 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Discarded sign...

Group; Those signs were attached to any impressive load from Bethlehem Steel’s Fabricated Steel Division. I cannot find the photos I have, but that exact sign was tacked onto Beth Steel’s

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #180962 ·

Re: Discarded sign...

I agree with you Todd, and while I did not grow up around here, at least not as an adolescent (the last ten years have been an adventure in growing up . . . ) this photo does have a tinge of the look

By Schuyler Larrabee · #180961 ·

Re: Discarded sign...

That area is referred to as “Yard 7” in the B&M Somerville/Cambridge yards. Inbound/outbound LCL and freight house, and (?)apparently where some meat reefers were transloaded. The elevated

By akerboomk · #180960 ·

Re: Possibly hacked website?

Ah, that's the problem. FWIW the incorrectly shortened link showed up in threads dating from 2005, at which time it was probably an entirely harmless error. Now I'd better find some better

By irv_thomae · #180959 ·

Re: Possibly hacked website?

It’s this address. http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/ Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #180958 ·

Possibly hacked website?

While browsing through some old discussion threads on this forum, I tried to click on links to www DOT steamfreightcars DOT com SLASH prototype [etc]. I've deliberately expanded that to make it more

By irv_thomae · #180957 ·

Re: Discarded sign...

The 'reinforcement rail' on concrete is probably one side of a mobile gantry crane setup. This looks to be at a Boston & Maine team track near Lechmere Square. The crossing is not unguarded: there

By Todd Sullivan · #180956 ·

Re: Discarded sign...

That’s a cool little detail for a team track or gantry site. And I like the political billboard in the background as that is an easy way to “vintage date” a scene.

By Richard Townsend · #180955 ·

Discarded sign...

Hi List Members, We sometime see images of large loads on flat cars that are accompanied by signs describing the item and letting the world know who the manufacturer was. Ever wonder what happens

By Claus Schlund $HGM$ · #180954 ·

Re: Photos: NYC Boxcar 256241 (1926)

I stayed silent on the topic of reroofing since the photo on the Westerfield CD is very hazy around the roof line, but on further examination you are correct as the wider seam caps on the replacement

By ROGER HINMAN · #180953 ·

Re: ORER help, please

From the ORER: Quantify of stock cars was given during this blackout period as: 34 cars from January 1927 through July 1936; 40 cars from July 1937 to April 1938; 45 cars from July 1938 through

By Ian Cranstone · #180952 ·

Photo: ATSF Boxcar 148312 (Bx-32)

Photo: ATSF Boxcar 148312 (Bx-32) A photo from the Cornell University Library: https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:20864661 This photo can be enlarged quite a bit. ATSF 148312 is a

By Bob Chaparro · #180951 ·

ORER help, please

From 1927 - 1952 inclusive, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway listings in the ORER contained only a "Recapitulation of Car Equipment" rather than full number series and dimensions. I have a copy of

By greg kennelly · #180950 ·

BLI tank car trucks, was Workbench Wednesday!

I jinxed myself... Just after I sent the message below, I started reaming the trucks for the 2nd car and SNAP - the truck sideframe snapped in half! %$#@# So, in spite of Brian's comments about what a

By Bruce Smith · #180949 ·

Re: Photos: NYC Boxcar 256241 (1926)

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 02:37 PM, ROGER HINMAN wrote: This is ACF lot 6421 and there a bunch of builder’s photos on the Westerfield ACF CD. Comparing the photos shows straps added not only around

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #180948 ·

Re: Photos: NYC Boxcar 256241 (1926)

This is ACF lot 6421 and there a bunch of builder’s photos on the Westerfield ACF CD. Comparing the photos shows straps added not only around the ends, but also a beefed up siding protector beneath

By ROGER HINMAN · #180947 ·

Re: Photo: UP/OSL Livestock Car 37197 (1943)

Thanks guys. Didn't mean to hijack the UP thread with my WP double deck. Working on the next one (of 11). Will post some more views/info later. ------------------- RJ Dial Mendocino, CA

By radiodial868 · #180946 ·

Re: Photos: NYC Boxcar 256241 (1926)

This is essentially the Accurail 1700 series boxcar showing the extra straps the NYC added to reinforce the ends. Dennis Storzek

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #180945 ·

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