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Another interesting Shorpy photo
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Dave Lawler
http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/4a21996a.preview.jpg
Found another Shorpy photo with interesting freight cars visible on the car ferry SS Detroit and I have a few questions: On the starboard side, the second and third cars have some sort of actuating rod running the length of the side. What is it’s function? Further aft, the last two cars have some kind of box on their roofs. I’m guessing they are feed reservoirs but, I’m not sure. What is their function? On the port side the first car in line is lettered “L.L.S.T. Co.”. Does anyone know what that stands for? Most, if not all, of these stock cars are probably too old for my modeling period (1944) although the Canadian roads, that I model, had similar cars operational until after WW II. Best regards, Dave Lawler, Avon Lake, Ohio |
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Richard Hendrickson
On Aug 1, 2011, at 5:03 PM, Dave Lawler wrote:
http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/4a21996a.preview.jpgConvertible stock cars, ARA class SC, which could be configured as either single or double deck cars, often had actuating rods along the side sills which controlled chains so that the second deck could be raised to the roof for use as a single deck car or lowered for use as a double deck car. Richard Hendrickson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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At 8/1/2011 08:38 PM Monday, you wrote:
On Aug 1, 2011, at 5:03 PM, Dave Lawler wrote:http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/4a21996a.preview.jpgConvertible stock cars, ARA class SC, which could be configured as |
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John H <sprinthag@...>
Link and pin couplers no less.
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Neat photo. John Hagen
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pullmanboss <tcmadden@...>
Tim O'Connor wrote:
OK, what am I doing wrong? That link gives an immediate "Page not found" in both IE and Safari on two different computers. If I put a backslash character at the end of "jpg" I go to a Shorpy index page which has several interesting images but not the one in question. If I search Shorpy for 4a21996a I get the same index page. Tom Madden |
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James F. Brewer <jfbrewer@...>
Tom
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I experience the same problem in IE and Mozilla Firefox Jim Brewer
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From: "pullmanboss" <tcmadden@q.com> To: STMFC@... Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 4:24:07 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: Another interesting Shorpy photo Tim O'Connor wrote: OK, what am I doing wrong? That link gives an immediate "Page not found" in both IE and Safari on two different computers. If I put a backslash character at the end of "jpg" I go to a Shorpy index page which has several interesting images but not the one in question. If I search Shorpy for 4a21996a I get the same index page. Tom Madden |
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pullmanboss <tcmadden@...>
I experience the same problem in IE and Mozilla FirefoxBruce sent me the link in an off-list email, and it worked from there. Why it didn't work from the link in Tim's post when I read it on the web, I don't know. Same link, as far as I can tell. I never did try copying & pasting the link in my browser. It seems to work now, of course, but I think that's just the cached image being fetched. Anyway, really neat image, except for those pesky stock cars blocking the view if the clerestory-roofed passenger cars. If both stock and passenger cars were occupied, it would have made for an odiferous ferry trip. Tom Madden |
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Charles Hladik
Tom,
I doubt that the stock car critters would complain, but.... Chuck Hladik In a message dated 8/2/2011 5:13:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tcmadden@q.com writes: I experience the same problem in IE and Mozilla FirefoxBruce sent me the link in an off-list email, and it worked from there. Why it didn't work from the link in Tim's post when I read it on the web, I don't know. Same link, as far as I can tell. I never did try copying & pasting the link in my browser. It seems to work now, of course, but I think that's just the cached image being fetched. Anyway, really neat image, except for those pesky stock cars blocking the view if the clerestory-roofed passenger cars. If both stock and passenger cars were occupied, it would have made for an odiferous ferry trip. Tom Madden |
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Barrybennetttoo@...
Unless they are drovers, of course, in which case their olfactory senses
would have been obliterated long since. Barry Bennett. In a message dated 02/08/2011 22:13:07 GMT Daylight Time, tcmadden@q.com writes: I experience the same problem in IE and Mozilla FirefoxBruce sent me the link in an off-list email, and it worked from there. Why it didn't work from the link in Tim's post when I read it on the web, I don't know. Same link, as far as I can tell. I never did try copying & pasting the link in my browser. It seems to work now, of course, but I think that's just the cached image being fetched. Anyway, really neat image, except for those pesky stock cars blocking the view if the clerestory-roofed passenger cars. If both stock and passenger cars were occupied, it would have made for an odiferous ferry trip. Tom Madden [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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William Keene <wakeene@...>
Hello Group,
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Oh, and the smell of all that coal smoke. That is something I miss already. And I bet in the future -- say year 2011-- there will be people that have never had a whiff of it in their entire lifetime. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA
On Aug 2, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Barrybennetttoo@... wrote:
Unless they are drovers, of course, in which case their olfactory senses |
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lol! Bill there are hundreds of millions of youngsters who don't even
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know what a videotape is (is that like a DVD?), much less coal smoke. I mentioned Prohibition this morning to my 15 yr old daughter -- she had no idea what I was talking about. time marches on... Tim O' Oh, and the smell of all that coal smoke. That is something I miss already. |
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Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Tim O'Connor wrote:
lol! Bill there are hundreds of millions of youngsters who don't even know what a videotape is (is that like a DVD?), much less coal smoke. I mentioned Prohibition this morning to my 15 yr old daughter -- she had no idea what I was talking about. time marches on...Or an LP or a typewriter or a transistor radio . . . the list is unfortunately readily expandable. Young railfans may be confused by ice reefers or running boards or even cabooses . . . Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@... Publishers of books on railroad history |
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John Degnan <Scaler164@...>
Tim, I'll see your "even better" and raise you a "best"... with the following link :
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http://www.shorpy.com/node/10695?size=_original Tom, All the record... all of the links have worked fine for me using Internet Explorer. Don't see why it won't load for you... John Degnan Scaler164@...
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From: pullmanboss To: STMFC@... Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 04:24 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: Another interesting Shorpy photo Tim O'Connor wrote: > > Looks better if you remove the 'preview' ... :-) > > http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/4a21996a.jpg OK, what am I doing wrong? That link gives an immediate "Page not found" in both IE and Safari on two different computers. If I put a backslash character at the end of "jpg" I go to a Shorpy index page which has several interesting images but not the one in question. If I search Shorpy for 4a21996a I get the same index page. Tom Madden ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links |
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Steve Stull
Tom, in my case, with the current version of Opera, it failed twice, and worked twice, using the same address, pasted into 4 different windows. Go figure.
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On a better note, there are a few more pictures of the Detroit, and another car ferry. At the Shorpy site, use the search terms (with quotes) "Detroit" + "Transfer Steamer" One photo titled "In the Ice: 1905" (which I believe has been discussed here previously) is simply spectacular. Most photos show the Detroit loaded with Steam Era Freight Cars. Enjoy the shots. Steve Stull
--- On Tue, 8/2/11, John Degnan <Scaler164@...> wrote:
Tom, All the record... all of the links have worked fine for me using Internet Explorer. Don't see why it won't load for you... John Degnan Tim O'Connor wrote: > > Looks better if you remove the 'preview' ... :-) > > http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/4a21996a.jpg OK, what am I doing wrong? That link gives an immediate "Page not found" in both IE and Safari on two different computers. If I put a backslash character at the end of "jpg" I go to a Shorpy index page which has several interesting images but not the one in question. If I search Shorpy for 4a21996a I get the same index page. Tom Madden |
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I'll call your bet, and raise ya.
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http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/p15330coll22&CISOPTR=56504&DMSCALE=100.00000&DMWIDTH=5000&DMHEIGHT=3000&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=&REC=20&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0
At 8/2/2011 07:52 PM Tuesday, you wrote:
Tim, I'll see your "even better" and raise you a "best"... with the following link : |
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mopacfirst
Oh, that this were the case. (steam-era content follows)
I was on the northbound Coast Starlight a couple years ago. Through all those curves on Cuesta hill, I was in the lounge car with fifty unwashed. On the rear of the train was a Soo Line business car complete with clerestory. I'm sure some of you know the car. Anyway, said business car was, of course, red. I can't tell you the number of people, say adults addressing their children, who were solemnly assuring them that this red car at the end of the train was.....the caboose. Ron Merrick --- In STMFC@..., Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> wrote: <snip> . Young railfans may be confused by ice reefers or running boards or even cabooses . . . |
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Malcolm H. Houck
Oh, and the smell of all that coal smoke. That is something I miss
already. And I bet in the future -- say year 2011-- there will be people that have never had a whiff of it in their entire lifetime. Not so long ago, upon taking a recently rebuilt and detailed NYO&W Double Cab (Camelback) to run and test on my club layout, one member inquired about the center cab configuration; -- never having seen such a thing! I explained that the design was to make use of anthracite coal, needing the wide Wooten firebox, and such that the cab was mounted astride the center of the boiler. A quizzical look returned...........and then I realized, and verified after asking this fellow member, that he was unaware of the existence of anthracite coal.........or that coal(s) have different names and ranks related to their chemistries and proportions of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. Most specifically my fellow member was unaware that there exists even more than one........ single type or grade of coal! Mal Houck |
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Al Campbell
On the upper deck or structure above the four gentlemen is an article that
looks like a modern day propane tank. Any idea what it was? That Mather car on the end looks to be no more than 26 feet long. Al Campbell |
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Dave Lawler
Good evening all,
My apologies to anyone who could not open the Shorpy photo of the SS Detroit with the deck load of stock cars etc. I should have included better information to locate the photo so here goes: Go to Shorpy then search for the photo “Smoke On The Water 1905”, that should get you there. I had trouble opening it myself when I checked my “sent messages”. Anyway, It’s a pretty good photo. It appears that the Stmr. Detroit is bringing those cars to Canada based on the number of industrial buildings and stacks in the background. I don’t think Windsor was that industrialized in 1905 so it’s probably Detroit, Mich. across the river. Four big natural draft stacks on that boat and lots of smoke. How would you like to be a fireman on that one? Best regards, Dave Lawler |
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Charles Hostetler <cesicjh@...>
--- In STMFC@..., Indian640@... wrote:
If you are close to Ludington, MI, or Manitowoc, WI, its possible to see, hear, and smell a piece of 1950s steam era freight equipment that is still in revenue service. The SS Badger no longer carries freight cars for the C&O, but she still smells good! (see third photo down) http://cnwmodeling.blogspot.com/2011/08/car-ferry-badger.html Charles Hostetler Goshen, IN |
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