L&N 8650
but there is a wrecked boxcar - L&N 8650 - partially visible (looks like Murphy ribbed end)
Anyone know when that car/series existed?
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Ken Akerboom
http://bmfreightcars.com/
Ken,
See attached photo and diagram sheet.
Steve Johnson
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Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2023 10:52 PM
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Subject: [RealSTMFC] L&N 8650
Can anyone help date a ca. 1930 wreck photo? (I'm not sure I have permission to post it)
but there is a wrecked boxcar - L&N 8650 - partially visible (looks like Murphy ribbed end)
Anyone know when that car/series existed?
--
Ken Akerboom
http://bmfreightcars.com/
Dang, that's a beautiful photo! :-)
On 2/9/2023 5:55 PM, Steven D Johnson wrote:
Ken,
See attached photo and diagram sheet.
Steve Johnson
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Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2023 10:52 PM
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: [RealSTMFC] L&N 8650
Can anyone help date a ca. 1930 wreck photo? (I'm not sure I have permission to post it)
but there is a wrecked boxcar - L&N 8650 - partially visible (looks like Murphy ribbed end)
Anyone know when that car/series existed?
--
Ken Akerboom
http://bmfreightcars.com/Attachments:
Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts
Hi Steve and List Members,
Thanks for the image and the diagram. It is interesting to note that the diagram tells us cars 7255-7299 were "EQUIPPED FOR PASSENGER SERVICE"
See attached image of 7255, with a notation that might be in line
with this...
Claus Schlund
Ken,
See attached photo and diagram sheet.
Steve Johnson
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of akerboomk
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2023 10:52 PM
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: [RealSTMFC] L&N 8650
Can anyone help date a ca. 1930 wreck photo? (I'm not sure I have permission to post it)
but there is a wrecked boxcar - L&N 8650 - partially visible (looks like Murphy ribbed end)
Anyone know when that car/series existed?
--
Ken Akerboom
http://bmfreightcars.com/
I've seen several photos of boxcars with banners proclaiming their load of radios. The reason was radio was something new and special in the early 20th Century.
In 1919, Frank Conrad, a Westinghouse engineer, began broadcasting music in Pittsburgh. These broadcasts stimulated the sales of crystal sets. The popularity of Conrad’s broadcasts led to Westinghouse establishing a radio station, KDKA, in 1920. In 1921, KDKA began broadcasting prizefights and major league baseball.
Westinghouse broadcast news and entertainment programs to entice people to purchase the radios they manufactured. And many manufacturers profited from selling an item that combined entertainment with furniture.
There were five licensed radio stations in 1921. By 1930 there were 618.
Annual sales of radios were $60 million in 1922. By 1929 they were $843 million.
Going from almost nothing in 1920, by 1934 sixty percent of the nation’s households had radios.
Bob ChaparroHemet, CA
