Why? It's the perfect tie-in... boxcars carry freight... the airplane carries freight... especially during the thirties, when the idea of shipping anything other than mail by air was unheard of. I

While that's a good guess I'm going to say that because the plane belongs to the freight company, E.W. Wiggins, the plane is being transported and it's not a stunt. This is fun!:-) --

I wonder if it was one of those publicity stunt things, where they landed the plane on top of the boxcar as the train was moving? I've seen them land a Cub on top of a pickup truck with a platform on

I have a WAG. It's the old land a plane on a moving train stunt. After landing the wings were removed for clearance to where the plane could be off-loaded. Jack Wyatt

Yes. The Piper Cub was introduced in the mid-1930s. Richard Hendrickson

I will suggest another, though perhaps unlikely, explanation for the platform, which is - as Bruce says - substantial, and runs the full length of the box car roof. What may be going on here is the

Jon Miller wrote: "Could we assume the picture is 1929+?" Yes.  Additionally, the earliest model of the Cub was introduced in 1935. Ben Hom

Jon, The reweigh date on the BAR car is October 1937. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL https://www5.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the

The re-weigh date on the boxcar in the side view is 10-37. Steve Johnson From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Jon Miller Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013

SWAG; Given the era it's possible that with no overhead problems the plane might have been transported a short distance (x miles). Not sure that a truck, at that time and road conditions, could

It could be clean-up from a movie shot.  Tom Dempsey, Spokane, WA ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 7:00 AM Subject: RE: { SPAM 2 }:[STMFC]

... Which I've added to my "Soo Sawtooth Primer folder at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFPH/files/Soo_%22Sawtooth%22_Primer/ The photo is named "1926 Geared Handbrake". You can also see this

And that the ramp down is from one boxcar while the platform is on another. Interestingly, they are Bangor and Aroostook boxcars and the plane is lettered for a commercial guy who flies in the

I'll add that there seems to be a pretty significant wood platform on the roof of the car. It's hard to tell if the Cub is being brought up from the ground, or lowered to the ground in the photo with

Nick Fry wrote: "Take a gander here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/album/855954353/pic/list We found these photos at the Barriger Library while cataloging our new B&A collection. No

Take a gander here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/album/855954353/pic/list We found these photos at the Barriger Library while cataloging our new B&A collection. No caption on the

Thanks, Ryan. I'm looking forward to it as well. But I make no promises for a release date. Pierre Oliver

Pierre, That new CP boxcar looks stunning and definitely good for at least a onesy in every freight car fleet but I have to tell you, I am REALLY looking forward to that Wabash autobox coming

Bill... I am sending a page from my prototype parts scrap book that has images of seven vertical hand brakes with bottom mechanisms directly to you. I hope it offers some help. Richard Bale _

Bruce. I know that I am FAR from being a winner!  There are way more in other private collections. I did inform the family how, where and what to do with the collection.  Thanks for the