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Images From The Historic Pittsburgh Image Collections
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Bob Chaparro <thecitrusbelt@...>
I certainly want to thank Kurt Laughlin for bringing the Historic
Pittsburgh Image Collections to the group's attention. Among the many images I found of interest were these two. The first image shows track through the Homestead Mill complex on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad in April 1949. First of all, this is a nice detail shot of the roof of Rock Island 25189. It also shows the car number stenciled on the roof. This is something we've seen occasionally on reefers. It would be interesting to know what practices the various railroads followed with respect to roof stencils at various points in time. Here is the link to the image: http://tinyurl.com/2d39fa The second image is of what is reported to be a "Heinz Series B Box Car" shot around 1907. The car looks like something from a toy train set, but apparently that's the way some of the Heinz cars looked back near the turn of the last century. The clarity of the image is impressive. Here is the link to the image: http://tinyurl.com/2egqyp Bob Chaparro Mission Viejo/Hemet, CA |
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Kurt Laughlin <fleeta@...>
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From: Bob Chaparro To: STMFC@... The first image shows track through the Homestead Mill complex on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad in April 1949. First of all, this is a nice detail shot of the roof of Rock Island 25189. It also shows the car number stenciled on the roof. This is something we've seen occasionally on reefers. It would be interesting to know what practices the various railroads followed with respect to roof stencils at various points in time. ----- Original Message ----- Bob, I don't think that's an RI practice; it rather looks like it was made with steel mill crayon, for whatever reason. ----- Original Message ----- The second image is of what is reported to be a "Heinz Series B Box Car" shot around 1907. The car looks like something from a toy train set, but apparently that's the way some of the Heinz cars looked back near the turn of the last century. The clarity of the image is impressive. ----- Original Message ----- There is another Heinz image showing two "coffin" pickle cars. KL |
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benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...>
Bob Chaparro wrote:
"The first image shows track through the Homestead Mill complex on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad in April 1949. First of all, this is a nice detail shot of the roof of Rock Island 25189. It also shows the car number stenciled on the roof. This is something we've seen occasionally on reefers. It would be interesting to know what practices the various railroads followed with respect to roof stencils at various points in time. Here is the link to the image: http://tinyurl.com/2d39fa Bob, look again - the number is chalked on the roof. We discussed this photo in February 2005; it's one of a group of accident investigation photos. The car number has been chalked on the roof to identify this specific car in the photos and is not indicative of Rock Island practice. See Chris Barkan's post #38484 for more details. Ben Hom |
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benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...>
Bob Chaparro wrote:
"The second image is of what is reported to be a "Heinz Series B Box Car" shot around 1907. The car looks like something from a toy train set, but apparently that's the way some of the Heinz cars looked back near the turn of the last century. The clarity of the image is impressive. Here is the link to the image: http://tinyurl.com/2egqyp These cars were first offered by Westerfield in HO scale over two decades ago: http://www.westerfield.biz/3900_heinz_34__reefer__hjhx_65684.htm Ben Hom |
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The first image shows track through the Homestead Mill complex on the Bob, I've seen that picture before. The number appears to be a chalk marking, not a stencil. This car was built in 1946. Tim O'Connor |
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Frank Greene
"Tim O'Connor" <timboconnor@...> wrote: Zoom in on the marks (click on + at top left of the screen and then on the area on the photo) and there's no doubt it's a chalk mark. Frank Greene Memphis, TN |
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