Photo: ATSF Boxcar 126439 (Bx-12)
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Photo: ATSF Boxcar 126439 (Bx-12) Photo from the USC Digital Archives https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1OYN63HV?WS=SearchResults Promotional photo of a Hudson automobile pulling freight cars, taken in 1934. Photo in link can be enlarged quite a bit. This Bx-12 car was built in 1930 by the Santa Fe’s shops, location unknown. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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lrkdbn
If you follow this back to the source (USC website), there's several other freight car pix as well as a bunch of neat street scenes of early 1930's Los Angeles.
Larry King.
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John Barry
Bob, Nice find. 126439 was built by American Car & Foundry, and if the car behind is 126158, it was too. But I can't quite make out if the third digit is a 6 or an 8. If the latter, 128158 was built by General American Car. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696
On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 01:00:24 PM EST, Bob Chaparro via groups.io <chiefbobbb@...> wrote:
Photo: ATSF Boxcar 126439 (Bx-12) Photo from the USC Digital Archives https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1OYN63HV?WS=SearchResults Promotional photo of a Hudson automobile pulling freight cars, taken in 1934. Photo in link can be enlarged quite a bit. This Bx-12 car was built in 1930 by the Santa Fe’s shops, location unknown. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Fred Swanson
https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/CS.aspx?VP3=DamView&VBID=2A3BXZMRZM9D&SMLS=1&RW=1536&RH=656
A couple more of the same subject Fred Swanson
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Robert kirkham
I wish they were larger format images. In any eve, the photos allow some zooming in - and it makes me ask a question: do the car ends of the two cars look different? To my eye, the corrugation pattern is not the same. I’m curious to see a clearer view of the end of that more distant car. Or the end of another car from the same purchase.
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Rob
On Jan 19, 2022, at 6:16 PM, Fred Swanson via groups.io <fredswanson@...> wrote: https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/CS.aspx?VP3=DamView&VBID=2A3BXZMRZM9D&SMLS=1&RW=1536&RH=656 A couple more of the same subject Fred Swanson
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irv_thomae
Could this have been a promotional stunt by the car dealer? That might help to explain what puzzled me most about Photo #3: why the "brakeman" looks so over-dressed for his job. And the guy behind the wheel of the Hudson can't keep a straight face...
Irv
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