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Assembling a Freight Train
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Schleigh Mike
Hello Group! Merry Christmas! ERIE boxcar appears in this delightful movie. This car was delivered sometime in 1954. Regards from chilly (12 degree F) Grove City, Penna. Mike Schleigh Happy New Year too!
On Saturday, December 24, 2022, 11:38:47 PM EST, nyc3001 . <nyc3001@...> wrote:
Based on the repack dates, I think this film was probably taken in 1952 or early 1953. There are some interesting tank cars at 2:36. They look like a kind of GA Type 30, but I've never seen this dome platform design. Does anyone know anything else about these cars or who ran them? -Phil Lee 
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On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 02:09 PM, Scott wrote:
"There was a quick glimpse of a freshly painted SFRD reefer which showed the newer red-orange color."This may be a quirk of the color rendition in this film. Given the film was taken in the early 1950s, Santa Fe was not using the darker orange paint scheme on its reefers at that time. The change to orange was between 1961 and 1962, per the John B Moore Jr. Santa Fe Mechanical Reefer book.
Here is a good look at the orange paint with the 1959+ large circle/cross logo from Ted York's website: Historical Cajon - Ted York PhotographyScroll down to the ninth row. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA |
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Scott
There was a quick glimpse of a freshly painted SFRD reefer which showed the newer red-orange color and a B & O wagon top that is almost black with a new paint out for reweigh. Of course some nice centercab footage.
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I finally got to watch this and it is an excellent film thanks for sharing, Jeff. Fenton On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 6:02 PM Jeffrey White <jrwhite@...> wrote: A lot of good images of steam era freight cars in this vintage Santa Fe --
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And this is where those Studebaker bodies (usually shipped in box cars) were headed -- to the Los Angeles assembly plant. There were also ATSF gondolas and flat cars equipped to carry automobile chassis. On 12/25/2022 3:24 PM, Kenneth Montero wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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Kenneth Montero
Another photo of Studebaker bodies in a gondola - from the Real STMFC archives:
Ken Montero
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Auto bodies in gondolas.
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An early style of walk-around platform. I guess the platform handrails were a later innovation! On 12/24/2022 11:38 PM, nyc3001 . wrote: Based on the repack dates, I think this film was probably taken in 1952 or early 1953. --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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nyc3001 .
Based on the repack dates, I think this film was probably taken in 1952 or early 1953.
There are some interesting tank cars at 2:36. They look like a kind of GA Type 30, but I've never seen this dome platform design. Does anyone know anything else about these cars or who ran them? -Phil Lee  |
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Jeffrey White
A lot of good images of steam era freight cars in this vintage Santa Fe film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svZVzq-3W68 I noticed automobile bodies being shipped in gondolas. I've never seen that before. Jeff White Alma IL |
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