Unloading Building Supplies (1936)
Fingerle Lumber was down to a single siding by the time that it stopped receiving lumber. The last car I remember seeing there was an ICG bulkhead flat car on the remaining siding that paralleled the Ann Arbor tracks on the opposite side of the yard, about where that Santa Fe boxcar is in the foreground of the photos Doug linked. I want to say it was in 1987.
It was rather nice to be able to walk to Ferry Yard to board the train the day the Bluewater Chapter of the NRHS ran an excursion from Ann Arbor to Toledo.
Part of what made that area interesting was that the throat of all of those lumber yard sidings was so near the north throat of Ferry Yard as to make almost no difference.
The open-ended building under construction at the top of the photos Doug linked is South Quad, for many years the primary dorm for the University of Michigan's freshman athletes.
- Fritz Milhaupt
Wow, what great photos ! I lived just 1/4 mile away and I never knew about this place. As a student
I guess I was preoccupied with other things... :-)
On 10/25/2022 3:05 PM, Douglas Harding wrote:
Here are two aerial shots of the Fingerle Lumber Co. from the same collection.
https://aadl.org/sites/default/files/photos/N014_0227_001.jpg
https://aadl.org/sites/default/files/photos/N014_0227_002.jpg
This is a large complex that fits neatly into a triangle space between tracks and streets. Would make an interesting scene on a layout.
Doug Harding
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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts
Here are two aerial shots of the Fingerle Lumber Co. from the same collection.
https://aadl.org/sites/default/files/photos/N014_0227_001.jpg
https://aadl.org/sites/default/files/photos/N014_0227_002.jpg
This is a large complex that fits neatly into a triangle space between tracks and streets. Would make an interesting scene on a layout.
Doug Harding
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Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 1:13 PM
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I sent the photo to a friend of mine who is a big U of M fan and grad, (along with her hubby) at 6 years she was crossing those tracks to go to the games. She attached a little of what became of the lumber co.
Fenton
On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 12:20 PM ottokroutil via groups.io <otask=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:
Interesting photo full of useful modeling ideas. Thanks, Bob.The guys in suits do seem a bit overdressed for the occasion...the Fingerle Brothers?
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The truck in the foreground has been adapted to carry long timbers. What happened if the driver braked suddenly?This arrangement was common on this side of the pond into the sixties on steel delivery trucks, since steel is typically sold in longer lengths than lumber The railroad museum I was active at years ago had a succession of these trucks that we used to haul donated rail; one was a Diamond T of early fifties vintage that had bi-fold doors, like on a phone booth, so the driver could enter the single seat cab, the other was a mid fifties International that had a roof hatch for access. We also had a '47 International fitted with a pole auger (for setting line poles) with a similar rack on the right side so it could carry the pole it was going to set. The load should stay if properly tied down, although I've heard this story:
Cop, "Why didn't you stop when the light turned red?"
Driver, "Well, it's like this. You could have had the truck go through the intersection with the rail on it, or the rail go through by itself."
Dennis Storzek
Philip Dove wrote:
The truck in the foreground has been adapted to carry long timbers.
The truck in the foreground has been adapted to carry long timbers. What happened if the driver braked suddenly?This arrangement was common on this side of the pond into the sixties on steel delivery trucks, since steel is typically sold in longer lengths than lumber The railroad museum I was active at years ago had a succession of these trucks that we used to haul donated rail; one was a Diamond T of early fifties vintage that had bi-fold doors, like on a phone booth, so the driver could enter the single seat cab, the other was a mid fifties International that had a roof hatch for access. We also had a '47 International fitted with a pole auger (for setting line poles) with a similar rack on the right side so it could carry the pole it was going to set. The load should stay if properly tied down, although I've heard this story:
Cop, "Why didn't you stop when the light turned red?"
Driver, "Well, it's like this. You could have had the truck go through the intersection with the rail on it, or the rail go through by itself."
The guy in a collar and tie loading planks onto the trailer: is he unloading planks from a second line of cars hidden behind those photographed, or is he just posing in an impossible place? I can't believe a lumber door in the end of the car would allow enough room for such a long plank to be manouvered out between the cars.I also think this is a staged photo, and they wanted to show as muck of their equipment as would fit.
Dennis Storzek
Interesting photo full of useful modeling ideas. Thanks, Bob.The guys in suits do seem a bit overdressed for the occasion...the Fingerle Brothers?
Here is the link to the photos:
Old News Photos | Ann Arbor District Library (aadl.org)
Then use the format box and search box.
Good luck.
Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA
Bob, how did you find that photo ?? I tried navigating the web site but could not find any photos at all.
On 10/24/2022 2:44 PM, Steven D Johnson wrote:
Rob,
It appears to be C&EI.
Steve Johnson
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Sent: Monday, October 24, 2022 1:40 PM
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I wonder what the lettering on the second car is?
Rob
On Oct 24, 2022, at 11:35 AM, Bob Chaparro via groups.io <chiefbobbb@...> wrote:
Unloading Building Supplies (1936)
Photo from the Ann Arbor District Library
Click on photo to enlarge it.
Bob Chaparro
Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts
Lumber was not loaded or unloaded via lumber doors in the end of cars. These small doors were only used to provide enough “maneuvering” room to get the board in or out of the side door. Note the second car has double doors, IF it is a 40’ car, a board would have to exceed 28’ in length to even require the use of the lumber door. The boards on the wagon are not the long.
It does have all appearances of a “posed” photo. There are several men in ties, ie lumber company officials, in various positions. Note the workers standing next to the tender. And why is a switch engine even there? The cars are obviously not empty, so not ready to be moved.
Doug Harding
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Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 7:37 AM
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Notice how the dust, possibly cement or lime dust is sitting deep on the horizontals of the first car. If a car was dedicated to cement service the deposits could sit inches thick on horizontal surfaces and stay there due to having got wet and then set. The truck in the foreground has been adapted to carry long timbers. What happened if the driver braked suddenly?
The guy in a collar and tie loading planks onto the trailer: is he unloading planks from a second line of cars hidden behind those photographed, or is he just posing in an impossible place? I can't believe a lumber door in the end of the car would allow enough room for such a long plank to be manouvered out between the cars.
A very interesting picture.
The guy in a collar and tie loading planks onto the trailer: is he unloading planks from a second line of cars hidden behind those photographed, or is he just posing in an impossible place? I can't believe a lumber door in the end of the car would allow enough room for such a long plank to be manouvered out between the cars.
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2022 1:40 PM
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Rob,
It appears to be C&EI.
Steve Johnson
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2022 1:40 PM
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I wonder what the lettering on the second car is?
Rob
On Oct 24, 2022, at 11:35 AM, Bob Chaparro via groups.io <chiefbobbb@...> wrote:
Unloading Building Supplies (1936)
Photo from the Ann Arbor District Library
Click on photo to enlarge it.
Bob Chaparro
Hemet, CA