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Group of automobile boxcars May 31, 1949
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While I was sorting photos for the reweigh project I can across this small shot (2 3/4” by 4 1/2”) Art Johnson taken at Pensacola, Florida. Behind the Frisco VO-660 is from left to right a PRR, ATSF, Soo Line, T&NO, MP and CoG 50 boxcars. Anyone know of the industry in the background and why the wide assortment of road names? Charlie Duckworth -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.
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Lee Singletary
Charlie,
Being a Pensacola native, I believe that is the old Newport Industries plant. They made some type of products using tree stumps. They were adjacent to the Frisco yard and actually had an 0-4-0 fireless made by Heisler for interplant switching.
Lee
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From: Charlie Duckworth <omahaduck@...> To: main@realstmfc.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Sent: Sun, Nov 15, 2020 1:46 pm Subject: [RealSTMFC] Group of automobile boxcars May 31, 1949 While I was sorting photos for the reweigh project I can across this small shot (2 3/4” by 4 1/2”) Art Johnson taken at Pensacola, Florida. Behind the Frisco VO-660 is from left to right a PRR, ATSF, Soo Line, T&NO, MP and CoG 50 boxcars. Anyone know of the industry in the background and why the wide assortment of road names?
Charlie Duckworth
-- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.
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Lee Singletary
Also be aware that in Pensacola that Frisco interchanged cars with the L&N for the Port of Pensacola. Could be cars headed for the docks.
Lee
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From: Lee Singletary via groups.io <LEKASING@...> To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Sent: Sun, Nov 15, 2020 1:57 pm Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Group of automobile boxcars May 31, 1949 Charlie,
Being a Pensacola native, I believe that is the old Newport Industries plant. They made some type of products using tree stumps. They were adjacent to the Frisco yard and actually had an 0-4-0 fireless made by Heisler for interplant switching.
Lee
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From: Charlie Duckworth <omahaduck@...> To: main@realstmfc.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Sent: Sun, Nov 15, 2020 1:46 pm Subject: [RealSTMFC] Group of automobile boxcars May 31, 1949 While I was sorting photos for the reweigh project I can across this small shot (2 3/4” by 4 1/2”) Art Johnson taken at Pensacola, Florida. Behind the Frisco VO-660 is from left to right a PRR, ATSF, Soo Line, T&NO, MP and CoG 50 boxcars. Anyone know of the industry in the background and why the wide assortment of road names?
Charlie Duckworth
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Lee Thanks for all the input. Charlie
On Nov 15, 2020, at 2:01 PM, Lee Singletary via groups.io <LEKASING@...> wrote:
-- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.
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as for the assortment of road names, MP SP CG were all in nearby states not far from home. the double doors could be useful for stick lumber, plywood, or furniture - but not 'automobile' cars at this late date
On 11/15/2020 2:46 PM, Charlie Duckworth wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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steve_wintner
That looks like one of the Soos centered door boxcars - which I thought were used almost entirely for loading huge rolls of paper. ( The doors weren't offset to the left like most double door cars. )
Steve
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Garth Groff and Sally Sanford
Tim, Then does that mean that the Western Pacific really didn't order 100 PS-1 double-door boxcars with Evans Auto Loaders in 1955, their 19301-19400? Or again in 1955, another 150 numbered 19401-19450? And yet another 100 in 1957 numbered 19601-19700 (with roller bearings, though hidden behind flip-up journal box covers)? Or am I misunderstanding your intent in " . . . double doors could be useful for stick lumber, plywood, or furniture - but not 'automobile' cars at this late date [1949]."? Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆
On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 5:25 PM Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:
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NO GARTH IT DOES NOT. I was commenting on a specific photograph of specific cars in a specific place. I doubt very much that those single sheathed cars, or the CG door-and-a-half car, were involved in automobile movements in 1949. The MP all steel car, perhaps, but since it's with the other cars, I suspect it's not being used to transport autos either. Without exact car numbers and a 1949 ORER I can not be certain.
On 11/16/2020 6:32 PM, Garth Groff and Sally Sanford wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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