Photo: PRR Boxcar 61973 (Undated)
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Charlie Vlk
Good subject for documentation….however the Sears House components would not have come packed in cardboard boxes…and certainly not in a McGuiness B&M Blue box car…..just in case somebody wants to model the scene at a STMFC era team track!! …but since it was on NPR (National Public Radio) nobody would see those mistakes…..maybe PBS (aka public television) can have Ken Burns do a more accurate version of this common but little-remembered part of history. Charlie Vlk
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Tim O'Connor
Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 1:16 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: PRR Boxcar 61973 (Undated)
Tony
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Tony
Exactly. I remember listening to Jean Shepherd's NPR story about the delivery of the Sears house at the local team track. I see they later made it into a mini-movie. :-D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzvMijR9Vc Tim O'Connor On 3/5/2021 2:08 PM, Tony Thompson wrote:
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Tony Thompson
On Mar 5, 2021, at 9:45 AM, Scott McDonald wrote: Cool with these cars I guess I need to add an appliance store somewhere on the layout. Why? Just have the appliances delivered on the team track or house track. Tony Thompson |
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David Payne
Or use a house track, team/dray track, or some other available "company" track to spot the car and the consignee comes with a truck to unload the car. Can site appliance, furniture, blankets, and perhaps other commodities.
DPayne
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Scott
Cool with these cars I guess I need to add an appliance store somewhere on the layout.
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And these are refrigerators, too: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/swch/id/167/rec/8 Note the “Unload From This Side” placard. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA |
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mel perry
those ARE refrigerators ;-) mel perry
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Scott
Interesting picture. I know the pickup says ranges but they look like early refrigerators.
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Photo: PRR Boxcar 61973 (Undated) A photo from the South Wood County Historical Museum: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/swch/id/165/rec/140 Use the arrows and scroll to enlarge the photo. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA |
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